Anca Margareta Heltne, née Vîlceanu (born 1 January 1978 in

Câmpulung Câmpulung (also spelled ''Cîmpulung'', , , Old Romanian ''Dlăgopole'', ''Длъгополе'' (from Middle Bulgarian), or ''Câmpulung Muscel'') is a municipiu, city in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is attested on the Fra Mauro map fro ...

) is former

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter. She has an indoor personal best of , achieved in February 2010 in

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. She represented her country at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

. In October 2022, Heltne received a lifetime competition ban following a third doping violoation.

Career

She finished seventh at the

2005 Summer Universiade The 2005 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXIII Summer Universiade, took place in İzmir, Turkey, in August. Emblem The emblem is the letter "U", inspired by the bird's-eye view of the Gulf of İzmir. This shape has perfectly fit the letter ...

. She also competed at the 2007 World Championships and the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

without reaching the final round. She then finished eighth at the

2008 World Athletics Final The 6th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Germany on September 13 and September 14, 2008. A number of road races also took place on the second day of competition. There were seven different starting poi ...

and 2009 World Athletics Final, where the top eight athletes in the world are invited. She won the bronze medal at the

2009 European Indoor Championships The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena

. and the silver medal at the

2009 European Cup Winter Throwing The 2009 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 14 and 15 March at the Estadio de Los Realejos in Tenerife, Spain. It was the ninth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and was organised by the European Athletics Association ...

. She won the shot put gold medal at the

2009 Jeux de la Francophonie 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bot ...

. She set an outdoor personal best of 19.08 m at the 2009 Moscow World Challenge. Between 27 February 2010 and 31 March 2012 she was disqualified from competition for the use of a prohibited substance,

stanozolol Stanozolol (Abbreviation, abbrev. Stz), sold under many brand names, is a synthetic androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication derived from dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is used to treat hereditary angioedema. It was developed by American ph ...

. After the birth of her child in 2011 and the expiry of her doping ban, she was back in competition in 2012 and was a finalist at the

2012 European Athletics Championships The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years. ...

. She was seventh in the 2013 European Indoor Championships in Göteborg and 15th in the World Championship in Moscow 2013 World Championships. She won the shot put gold medal at the

2013 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' ( French for ''7th Francophone Games''), were held in Nice, France, from September 6–15. This was the second edition of the games to be hosted in France and the ...

. She won two

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meetings in 2013

Doping violations

She finished eleventh at the

2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the fifteenth edition of the international indoor track and field competition, organised by the IAAF. The event was held between 7–9 March 2014 at the Ergo Arena in Sopot, Poland. Prepar ...

but had a positive drug test at the 2014 Romanian indoor championships. She was handed an eight-year doping ban for the use of

Methandienone Metandienone, also known as methandienone or methandrostenolone and sold under the brand name Dianabol (D-Bol) among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is mostly no longer prescribed. It is also used non-medically ...

and Dehydrochloromathyltestosterone.Doping sanctions - News 155, Positive cases in athletics SANCTIONED ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF JULY – AUGUST 2014
/ref> She admitted to purchasing Dianabol and Turinabol from an online steroid vendor and provided further information on drug trafficking networks to the Romanian National Anti-Doping Agency. Her coach and husband, Runar Heltne, avoided a ban from coaching after she and another of the coach's athletes, Sergiu Ursu, advised that Runar Heltne was not aware of their doping. In October 2022, Runar Heltne received a five year doping ban to end in 2025. In October 2022, Heltne received a lifetime competition ban following a third doping violoation.

Family

She married Norwegian

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ� ...

Runar Heltne in 2001, and he later became her coach. In 2011, the couple had their first child, a boy named Kristian.Atletism: Anca Heltne (18,88 m), Marian Oprea (17,30 m) și Mihai Donisan (2,32 m) performerii CN indoor
AgerPres. Retrieved on 2014-05-05.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heltne, Anca 1978 births Living people Romanian female shot putters category:Sportspeople from Câmpulung Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania Romanian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics