BACKGROUND DATA

Birthdate:  January 23, 1970 

Nationality:  Romanian 

Height:  165 cm/  5'4"

Weight:  48 kg/ 106 lbs

Coach:  Valeriu Tomescu-Dita 

Club:  Dinamo

Shoe Sponsor:  ASICS

Distance

10K

10000m

20K

30K

Half-Marathon

Marathon

Record

31:14

31:49.47     

1:03:23 NR

1:38:30

1:08:10 NR

2:21:30 NR

Year

2002

2006

2007

2006

2002

2005

Event

Peachtree Road Race

European Athletics Championships

IAAF World Road Running Championships 

LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon

Romanian National Championships

LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon

9th

1st

2nd

3rd

7th

10th

4th

Gold

8th

3rd

5th

Silver

2nd

Gold

Bronze

2nd

1st

Bronze

3rd

2nd

MAJOR RESULTS

2010 Lisbon Half-Marathon

2009 5,0000m National Championships Bucuresti

2009 Wincanton Heerenberg 15k

2009 National Championships BUPA London 10k

2009 Steamboat 4 Miler

2009 Philadelphia Half-Marathon

2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon

2008 Flora London Marathon

2007 Flora London Marathon

2006 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon

2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships (20K)         

2005 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon

2005 IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships

2005 IAAF World Championships Marathon

2005 Flora London Marathon

2004 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon

2004 IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships

2004 Flora London Marathon

2003 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon

1:14:39

16:43.27

51:36

34:24

21:52

1:14:47

2:30:57

2:30:57

2:26:44 SB

2:27:45

2:23:55

2:24:25

1:03:23

2:21:30

1:09:17

2:23:19

2:22:50

2:23:45

1:09:07

2:26:52

2:23:35

BEST RECORDS