Athlete of the Week: Alina Rotaru

athlete of the week:  alina rotaru Alina Rotaru came in fifth at the European Indoor Athletics Championships.

Athletes from Romania have not stepped onto the podiums of the world's main athletics events for quite some time now. So the fact that a delegation representing Romania at the European Indoor Athletics Championships obtained no medals was a surprise to no one. The best Romanian result in Glasgow was a fifth place obtained by Alina Rotaru in the long jump event. As Alina's result turned out to be the most remarkable Romanian performance of the week, our radio station has designated her Athlete of the Week.


Alina's best jump was 6 meters and 64 centimeters only 20 centimeters shorter than that of bronze medalist, Marina Beh-Romanciuk of Ukraine, who jumped 6 meters and 84 centimeters. Romania's other representative in the finals, Florentina Marincu-Iusco came in eighth with 6 meters and 49 centimeters. The golden medal went to Ivana Spanovic of Serbia who jumped 6 meters and 99 centimeters.


Alina Rotaru was born on June 5th 1993 in Bucharest and took up athletics at the age of 6 with Dinamo Bucharest Sports Club. She later joined Steaua and is currently competing for CSM Bucharest, a club sponsored by Bucharest City Hall. In 2015 Alina Rotaru managed to qualify for the Olympics in Rio, where unfortunately she ranked only 18th. She obtained the best result in her career in an outdoor contest held in Gammertingen, Germany, where she jumped 6 meters and 78 centimeters.



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Publicat: 2019-03-05 13:28:00
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