Marian Oprea
 Marian Oprea in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 6 June 1982 Pitești, Romania |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Triple jump |
| Club | Rapid București CSM Arad |
Medal record | |
Marian Oprea (born 6 June 1982) is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best is 17.81 meters.[1]
Oprea was born in Piteşti. He took his first major medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, winning the gold with a jump of 16.41 m. Oprea won the bronze medal in the triple jump at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki and also at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
He suffered a serious knee injury (tendonitis) and missed the 2009 World Championships in Athletics as a result.[2] He opted to undergo major surgery and brought an end to a two-year-long injury hiatus with a jump of 16.88 m in May 2010.[3] He proved himself to return to peak fitness with a silver medal performance at the 2010 European Athletics Championships (jumping 17.51 m) and then taking the gold medal at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup later that season.
Achievements[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Marian Oprea. sports-reference.com
- ^ Gatlin Gets a Hearing, EME News, by Alfons Juck, Notes by Larry Eder Archived 19 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Run Blog Run. Retrieved on 15 February 2010.
- ^ Romania's Oprea jumps back into medal contention Archived 28 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (21 May 2010). Retrieved on 2011-01-27.
External links[edit]
World U20 Champions in men's triple jump | |
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Romania
- Olympic silver medalists for Romania
- Sportspeople from Pitești
- Romanian male triple jumpers
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Romania
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic male triple jumpers
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Romania
- IAAF Continental Cup winners
- Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade