Monica Stoian (born 25 August 1982) is a female

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

er from

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 ...

. She finished seventh at the 1999 World Youth Championships and won the silver medal at the

2007 Summer Universiade The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, with pr ...

. 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. At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, she did make the final and finished third, achieving a personal best of 64.51 metres in her first attempt.

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* 1982 births Living people Romanian female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Romania Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Romanian sportswomen {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub