Rodica Mateescu (born Rodica Petrescu on March 13, 1971 in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
) is a former
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 ...
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 ...
. Having set a personal best of 15.16 in 1997, she placed fourth at the
1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total nu ...
and won a silver medal at the
1997 World Championships. The same year she placed third at the Grand Prix Final in
Fukuoka
is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. ...
.
She has bee
banned for life from the Olympics by the Romanian Olympic Committee (COR)after she tested positive for nandrolone in May 2000 during a training session in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta.
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1971 births
Living people
Athletes from Bucharest
Romanian female triple jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Romania
World Athletics Championships medalists
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