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| Born | 3 October 1952 (1952-10-03) (age 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500 m, 3000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personalbest(s) | 1500 m – 3:58.2 (1979) 3000 m – 8:33.53 (1978)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natalia Mărăşescu (néeAndrei on 3 October 1952) is a retiredRomanianmiddle-distance runner who specialized mainly in the1500 metres. She competed in this event at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and placed ninth in 1980.[1]
Mărăşescu set two world records over themile; 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.[1] She briefly held the record in the5000 metres, with 15:41.4 minutes. This record lasted less than four months before being broken byJan Merrill.[2]
Mărăşescu was banned 18 months for taking anabolic steroids in 1979.[3][4] After 8 months Mărăşescu was reinstated[5] after IAAF PresidentAdriaan 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."
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| Preceded by | Women's mile world record holder 21 May 1977 – 26 January 1980 | Succeeded by |
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| 5000 metres (1995–present) |
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World University Games champions in women's1500 metres | |
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