Daniela Costian (born 30 April 1965) is a former

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discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

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list. She was born in

Brăila Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County. The Sud-Est (development region), ''Sud-Est'' Regional Development Agency is located in Brăila. According to the 2021 Romanian ...

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, but became an

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n citizen in 1990. She competed in the discus contest at the

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and won the bronze medal. She won a silver medal at the

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. Her personal best throw reached a distance of 73.84 m. Set in 1988, it was a Romanian record. Her best result achieved for Australia was 68.72 metres in 1994. This was both the Australian and the

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record for 23 years until it was broken by

Dani Stevens Dani Stevens (née Samuels, born 26 May 1988) is an Australian retired discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event. She is the current national and Oceanian record holder. After winning the discus gold ...

in August 2017.World Championships: How fear drove Dani Stevens back to podium
theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

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at athletics.com.au 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Brăila Romanian female discus throwers Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Australian female discus throwers Australian female shot putters Australian people of Romanian descent Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Romania Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Australian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Australian sportswomen 20th-century Romanian sportswomen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub