ATHLETE

Mihaela Peneș

1947 - 2024

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Mihaela Peneș (22 July 1947 – 29 August 2024) was a Romanian javelin thrower. She competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively. Peneș first trained in swimming, handball and basketball, and changed to athletics because of her mother, a former athlete. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mihaela Peneș has received more than 21,687 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mihaela Peneș is the 282nd most popular athlete (up from 598th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Romania (up from 359th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Romanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mihaela Peneș ranks 282 out of 6,025. Before her are Alexander Ragulin, Hicham El Guerrouj, Alice Coachman, Władysław Kozakiewicz, Henry Eriksson, and Mildred McDaniel. After her are Lauri Virtanen, Rafer Johnson, Helen Stephens, Virgilijus Alekna, Duje Bonačić, and Netti Witziers-Timmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Mihaela Peneș ranks 363. Before her are Dominique Baratelli, Wenche Myhre, Natalya Varley, Deniz Gezmiş, Albert Brooks, and Gunnar Hansen. After her are Laurent Pokou, Stephen Collins, Akira Terao, Alaksandar Milinkievič, Linda Thorson, and Vladimir Petrov.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Mihaela Peneș ranks 272 out of 844. Before her are Nichita Stănescu (1933), Eva Mozes Kor (1934), Natalya Varley (1947), Margit Kaffka (1880), Nicolae Rainea (1933), and Gheorghe Gruia (1940). After her are Marius Lăcătuș (1964), Gheorghe Bibescu (1804), Nicolae Kovács (1911), Theodor Stolojan (1943), Viorica Dăncilă (1963), and Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Mihaela Peneș ranks 5. Before her are Iolanda Balaș (1936), Vasile Dîba (1954), Ivan Patzaichin (1949), and Argentina Menis (1948). After her are Nicolae Neagoe (1941), Dimitrie Popescu (1961), Doina Melinte (1956), István Somodi (1885), Maricica Puică (1950), Gheorghe Berceanu (1949), and Lajos Steiner (1903).

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