Natalia Mărășescu

Natalia Mărăşescu (née Andrei on 3 October 1952) is a retired Romanian middle distance runner who specialized mainly in the 1500 metres. She competed in this event at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and placed ninth in 1980.[1]

Natalia Mărășescu
Personal information
Born3 October 1952 (1952-10-03) (age 71)
Căpreni, Romania[1]
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)1500 m, 3000 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500 m – 3:58.2 (1979)
3000 m – 8:33.53 (1978)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Romania
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1978 Prague1500 m
Silver medal – second place1978 Prague3000 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place1975 Katowice1500 m
Silver medal – second place1976 Munich1500 m
Silver medal – second place1978 Milan1500 m
Gold medal – first place1979 Vienna1500 m
Universiade
Silver medal – second place1977 Sofia1500 m
Gold medal – first place1979 Mexico City1500 m

Biography

Mărăşescu set two world records over the mile; 4:23.8 minutes on 21 May 1977 in Bucharest, and 4:22.09 minutes on 27 January 1979 in Auckland. The record was broken by Mary Slaney won ran in 4:21.68 minutes a year later in the same city. The current record is 4:12.33. She briefly held the record in the 5000 metres, with 15:41.4 minutes. This record lasted less than four months before being broken by Jan Merrill.

Doping ban

Mărăşescu was banned 18 months for taking anabolic steroids in 1979.[3][4] After 8 months Mărăşescu was reinstated[5] after IAAF President Adriaan Paulen of the Netherlands said that an 18-month suspension in the steroid case would have kept the women[4] out of the Moscow Olympics, which would have constituted "an extra penalty." He said that the IAAF Council had therefore reinstated them for "humane reasons."

References
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  1. Natalia Mărășescu. sports-reference.com
  2. Natalia Mărășescu at World Athletics
  3. 7 women fail dope test, The Deseret News, 25 October 1979
  4. Scorecard. In: Sports Illustrated. 31 Märch 1980
  5. Olympic Review: Within the IFs (PDF; 386 kB). 1980


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