Mihaela Botezan

Mihaela Botezan ( Mihaela Maria Botezan; born November 21, 1976 in Ocna Mureş ) is a Romanian long-distance runner.

In 2000 it was national champion in cross country skiing on the long haul and in the half marathon. That same year she also made ​​her first international appearance in as she was second in the 20 km from Paris. A short time later, she took on the half marathon world championships in Veracruz sixth place and won together with Lidia Şimon and Cristina Pomacu the team standings.

At the World Athletics Championships 2001 in Edmonton Botezan took fifth place in the 10,000 -meter run. About the same distance it was at the European Athletics Championships in Munich in 2002 Fourth. In addition, they reached there in the 5000 -meter run sixth. In the World Half Marathon Championships in 2002 in Brussels, she finished second in a personal best of 1:09:24 h in fourth place.

In 2003, she tried on the marathon distance for the first time. At the London Marathon in 2:25:32 h Ninth she was in an exceptionally strong field race in which the winner Paula Radcliffe set a world record fable. At the World Athletics Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis Botezan reached in the marathon only accommodate 51 and has over 10,000 m Thirteenth. The following year, occupied at the Olympic Games in Athens in eleventh place in the 10,000 -meter run, and at the World Half Marathon Championships in New Delhi, she was ten and won silver in the team competition.

In 2005 she finished the Osaka Women's Marathon the seventh and the Tokyo International Women's Marathon to tenth place. After she had disappointed at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki with the 23th place in the 10,000 - meter race, she was at the World Half Marathon Championships in Edmonton Fifth and won Constantina Tomescu and together with Nuta Olaru in the team standings. 2006 won Botezan the 20 van Alphen. They also reached the same year at the Paris Marathon and the fourth at the Istanbul Marathon seventh.

At a doping control under the Hamburg Marathon in April 2007 Botezan was detected the forbidden taking chlorthalidone. She was then occupied in October of the year with a two-year competition ban.

Mihaela Botezan is 1,62 m tall and weighs 49 kg.

Bests

  • 3000 m: 9:02,61 min, June 21, 2003, Florence
  • 5000 m: 15:08,78 min, June 24, 2001, Bremen
  • 10,000 m: 31:11,24 min, August 27, 2004, Athens
  • Half Marathon: 1:09:24 h, May 5, 2002 Brussels
  • Marathon: 2:25:32 h 13 April, 2003, London
Long-distance running Cross country running 20 Kilomètres de Paris 2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2001 World Championships in Athletics 2002 European Athletics Championships 5000 metres 2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships London-Marathon 2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2005 World Championships in Athletics Constantina Diţă Hamburg-Marathon Chlortalidone 3000 metres
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