Nuța Olaru






Nuţa Olaru at LA Marathon on May 25, 2009


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
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





  1. ^ April 2012 AIMS Results. AIMS. Retrieved on 2012-05-03.


  2. ^ [1]





  • Nuța Olaru at IAAF

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