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Rodica Mateescu

1971 - Today

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Rodica Mateescu (born Rodica Petrescu on March 13, 1971 in Bucharest) is a former triple jumper from Romania. Having set a personal best of 15.16 in 1997, she placed fourth at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships and won a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships. The same year she placed third at the Grand Prix Final in Fukuoka. She has been banned for life from the Olympics by the Romanian Olympic Committee (COR),after she tested positive for nandrolone in May 2000 during a training session in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Rodica Mateescu is the 4,567th most popular athlete, the 815th most popular biography from Romania and the 106th most popular Romanian Athlete.

Rodica Mateescu is most famous for being a Romanian triple jumper who competed in various international athletics events. She gained recognition for her performances in the triple jump during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rodica Mateescu ranks 4,567 out of 6,025. Before her are Valeria Straneo, Chris Thompson, Rafael Macedo de la Concha, Seung-hwan Oh, Ferran Solé, and Julius Yego. After her are Giuseppe Gibilisco, Natallia Mikhnevich, Kirsten Klose, Jeff Hartwig, Diego Salazar, and Lee Sun-hee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Rodica Mateescu ranks 1,085. Before her are Vasily Karasev, Mesila Doda, Yasunobu Chiba, Mônica Carvalho, Cléber Chalá, and Elvis Gregory. After her are Marcos Llunas, Ruslan Mashurenko, Aileen Quinn, Tetsuro Uki, Lachlan Murdoch, and Nicolai Wammen.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Rodica Mateescu ranks 815 out of 844. Before her are Radu Muntean (1971), Corina Căprioriu (1986), Mihaela Ciobanu (1973), Dragoș Grigore (1986), Corina Ungureanu (1980), and Iasmin Latovlevici (1986). After her are Noemi Lung (1968), Florin Zalomir (1981), Aurelia Dobre (1972), Sanda Ladoși (1970), Simona Gherman (1985), and Alexandra Dulgheru (1989).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Rodica Mateescu ranks 106. Before her are Simona Richter (1972), Ioan Grigoraș (1963), Victoria Lepădatu (1971), Lidia Șimon (1973), Aurica Bărăscu (1974), and Florin Popescu (1974). After her are Ioana Rotaru (1984), Roxana Cogianu (1986), Elizabeta Samara (1989), Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (1993), Rodica Șerban (1983), and Alin Moldoveanu (1983).

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