Mircea Bogdan (born 5 June 1982) is a retired

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 long-distance runner who specialized in the

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually Abbreviation, abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 met ...

. As a junior he won the silver medal at the 2001 European Junior Championships and finished seventh at the

2001 Summer Universiade The 2001 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXI Summer Universiade, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, between 22 August and 1 September. Beijing also hosted the 1990 Asian Games. A total of 6,757 athle ...

. He placed lowly at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships, and competed at the 2000 World Junior Championships and the 2003 European U23 Championships without reaching the final. Studying in the United States, he won the NCAA Division I Championships of 2005, representing

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. As a senior he competed in the 3000 metres at the 2007 European Indoor Championships, the steeplechase at the 2007 World Championships and in the 1500 metres at the 2008 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final. He became Romanian champion three times. His personal best steeplechase time was 8:23.12 minutes, achieved in April 2007 in

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1982 births Living people Romanian male steeplechase runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Romania Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Place of birth missing (living people) NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners UTEP Miners men's track and field athletes 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub