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 ...
n athlete who mostly competed in the
triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...
European Championships
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In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...
outdoor.
His personal best jump was 17.12 metres, achieved in June 1971 in
Turin
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. This ranks him third among Romanian triple jumpers, only behind
Marian Oprea
Marian Oprea (born 6 June 1982) is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best is 17.81 meters.Bedros Bedrosian. – The Athletics Site
At the 1972 Olympics Corbu competed both in the long jump and triple jump.