Claudia Ștef

Claudia Ștef, née Iovan (born 25 February 1978 in Craiova, Romania) is a Romanian women's professional race walker.

Claudia Ștef
Claudia Ștef during Romanian National Race-Walking Championship 20km, on 24 June 2011
Personal information
Born (1978-02-25) 25 February 1978
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Romania
SportAthletics
Event(s)20km Race Walk

Ștef holds the world indoor record for 3000 metres track walk with 11:40.33 minutes, achieved in January 1999 in Bucharest.[1]

Doping

She tested positive for nandrolone in an out-of-competition test on 20 May 2000 and received a two-year doping ban.[2][3]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Romania
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 3rd 5000 m 21:57.11
1997 World Race Walking Cup Poděbrady, Czech Republic 34th 10 km 45:03
European Junior Championships Ljubljana, Slovenia 1st 5000 m 21:15.99
1998 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 3rd 10 km 43:12
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 12th 10 km 44:10
1999 World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 6th 20 km 1:29:39
European U23 Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 20 km 1:33:17
World Championships Seville, Spain 11th 20 km 1:33:46
Universiade Palma, Spain 1st 10 km 44:22
2002 World Race Walking Cup Turin, Italy 6th 20 km 1:30:05
European Championships Munich, Germany 5th 20 km 1:29:57
2003 World Championships Paris, France 5th 20 km 1:29:09
2004 World Race Walking Cup Naumburg, Germany 12th 20 km 1:29:40
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 8th 20 km 1:30:07
2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 11th 20 km 1:29:46
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 5th 20 km 1:29:27
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 6th 20 km 1:32:47
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 21st 20 km 1:33:19
2009 European Race Walking Cup Metz, France 15th 20 km 1:39:10
World Championships Berlin, Germany 23rd 20 km 1:36:09
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal — 20 km DQ
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 26th 20 km 1:36:55
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 12th 20 km 1:32:15
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 38th 20 km 1:33:56
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia, Spain 26th 20 km 1:34:31
7th Team - 20 km 95 pts
World Championships Beijing, China 24th 20 km 1:34:51

See also

References
  1. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/gender=W/location=I/recordsType=WR/eventCatCode=/junior=N/area=/index.html IAAF statistics
  2. "Anti-doping update". IAAF News. No. 47. February 2001. p. 15. POSITIVE CASES IN ATHLETICS, SANCTIONED DEFINITIVELY, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF 12th February 2001
  3. Romanian walker receives doping ban, BBC 10 November 2000


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