Nuța Olaru
Nuța Olaru (born August 28, 1970 in Orodel, Dolj) is a female long-distance runner originally from Romania, who became a naturalized United States citizen in November 2012. She specializes in the marathon race. She set her personal best (2:24:33) in the women's marathon in Chicago, IL on October 10, 2004.
She won the Big Sur Marathon in 2012, 2013 and 2014,[1] ran the 2013 Boston Marathon in 2:42:57 and the 2014 Boston Marathon in 2:37:29.
In April 2013, Olaru teamed up with the product development, ROLL Recovery, in Boulder, Colorado to help develop tools for runners.[2]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Romania | |||||
1993 | Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 4th | Marathon | 2:43:22 |
1995 | Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 5th | Marathon | 3:03:28 |
1996 | World Half Marathon Championships | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 4th | Half Marathon | 1:11:07 |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 30th | Marathon | 2:47:12 |
World Half Marathon Championships | Košice, Slovakia | 5th | Half Marathon | 1:09:52 | |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 34th | Marathon | 2:42:44 |
World Half Marathon Championships | Uster, Switzerland | – | Half Marathon | DNF | |
2000 | Lille Half Marathon | Lille, France | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:11:08 |
World Half Marathon Championships | Veracruz, Mexico | 41st | Half Marathon | 1:20:00 | |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 15th | Marathon | 2:33:05 |
World Half Marathon Championships | Bristol, United Kingdom | 11th | Half Marathon | 1:10:27 | |
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | — | Marathon | DNF |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 11th | Marathon | 2:28:24 |
World Half Marathon Championships | Vilamoura, Portugal | 23rd | Half Marathon | 1:13:00 | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 13th | Marathon | 2:34:45 |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | Marathon | DNF |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | — | Marathon | DNF |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 60th | Marathon | 3:00:59 |
References
^ April 2012 AIMS Results. AIMS. Retrieved on 2012-05-03.
^ [1]
Nuța Olaru at IAAF
- sports-reference
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