Maria Cioncan
Maria Cioncan (born June 19, 1977 in Maieru , Bistrița-Năsăud district ; † January 21, 2007 near Plewen , Bulgaria ) was a Romanian athlete . The middle-distance runner was third in the 2004 Olympics.
Maria Cioncan was Romanian champion in 2003 in the 800-meter run and in 2003 and 2004 in the 1500-meter run . At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she won the bronze medal behind Kelly Holmes (GBR) and Tatiana Tomaschowa (RUS) in the 1500 meter run in a personal best . She finished seventh in the 800-meter run.
When she returned from a training camp in Greece, she was killed in a car accident on January 21, 2007. According to the police report, she lost control of her car, a Škoda Fabia I , and hit a tree on the edge of the road from Sofia to Pleven.
Maria Cioncan had a competition weight of 51 kg with a height of 1.72 m.
Top performances
- 800 m: 1: 59.44 min, August 21, 2004
- 1500 m: 3: 58.39 min, August 28, 2004
- 3000 m : 8: 57.71 min, June 10, 2002
literature
- Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2006. The international Track and Field Annual. SportsBooks, Cheltenham 2006, ISBN 1-899807-34-9 .
Web links
- Maria Cioncan in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Maria Cioncan in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Maria Cioncan on sporting-heroes.net
- Cioncan, Olympic 1500m bronze medalist, killed in car accident ( memento from January 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), report on the IAAF website, January 21, 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cioncan, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maieru , Bistrița-Năsăud County |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 2007 |
| Place of death | Pleven , Bulgaria |