Mihaela Melinte
Mihaela Melinte ( born March 27, 1975 in Bacău ) is a Romanian hammer thrower. Her biggest success is the World Champion title at the World Athletics Championships in 1999 in Seville.
Melintes international career began in 1997 when she reached the second place in the Eurocup, the same year she won at the U23 European Championships and Universiade the first place. The following year she was in Budapest Senior European Champion. 1999 was successful year to date her, she became world champion in Seville, also improved the Melinte Hammer Throw World Record three times, she had surpassed the record in previous years, twice already. Your length of 76.07 m, situated in Rüdlingen, was outbid in 2005 and at the same time constitutes their personal best
Shortly before the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney their doping samples nandrolone was detected in one, after which it was suspended from the games. Since they had not been informed by the Romanian association, Melinte yet appeared in the Olympic Stadium, and was expelled from this. The Fund drew a two-year doping ban.
Mihaela Melinte 2003 had their comeback, but was not at the World Athletics Championships in Paris, two years later at the World Championships in Helsinki in the medal ranks. The launch at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 was refused by the Romanian association, as this caught doping led athlete has not nominated even after the lock for the Olympic Games.
Melintes competition weight 84 kg, with a height of 1.70 m.