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Nicoleta Grasu
Athletics competitor

Nicoleta Grasu

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Athletics competitor
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Gender
Female
Place of birth
Secuieni, Neamț County, Romania
Age
53 years
Stats
Height:
176
Weight:
88
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Biography

Lenuţa Nicoleta Grasu is a Romanian discus thrower. She was born on 11 September 1971 in Secuieni as Nicoleta Grădinaru, but took a new surname when she married fellow discus thrower Costel Grasu.

Grasu is best known for winning medals at the 1999 and 2001 World Championships. A few years followed without any international medals, but she did finish sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and fifth at the 2005 World Championships. In 2006, she returned to the medal podium with a bronze at the European Championships.

Her personal best throw is 68.80 metres, achieved in August 1999 in Poiana Braşov.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Romania
1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria6th53.10 m
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain13th (q)60.62 m
1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany7th62.10 m
1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland4th63.64 m
Jeux de la FrancophonieParis, France1st60.80 m
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, Georgia, United States7th63.28 m
IAAF Grand Prix FinalMilan, Italy3rd63.64 m
1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece10th60.14 m
UniversiadeCatania, Italy3rd60.08 m
1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rd65.94 m
1999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain1st65.21 m
World ChampionshipsSevilla, Spain3rd65.35 m
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia19th (q)58.87 m
2001Jeux de la FrancophonieOttawa, Canada1st64.53 m
World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada2nd66.24 m
2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece5th64.92 m
2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland5th62.05 m
World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco5th58.25 m
2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden3rd63.58 m
World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany2nd62.32 m
2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan3rd63.40 m
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, PR China12th58.63 m
2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany3rd65.20 m
2010European Cup Winter ThrowingArles, France3rd59.92 m
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain2nd63.48 m
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea8th62.08 m
2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom14th (q)61.86 m
2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia22nd (q)56.31 m
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