Adrian Proteasa (born 1 March 1959) is a retired

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er. Proteasa won the

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at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and finished seventh at the 1980 Olympic Games. He became national champion five times in a row, from 1977 - 1981). His personal best jump outdoors was 2.26 metres, achieved in July 1980 in

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. On the indoor track, he jumped 2.29 metres, in

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1980.World men's all-time best high jump indoor (last updated 2001)
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1959 births Living people Romanian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania Romanian athletics coaches Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub