Nicoleta Grasu

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Nicoleta Grasu is a Romanian discus thrower. She was born on September 11, 1971 in Secuieni as Nicoleta Grădinaru, but took a new surname when she married fellow discus thrower Costel Grasu.

Nicoleta Grasu is best known for winning medals at the 1999 and 2001 World Championships. A few years followed without any international medals, but she did finish sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and fifth at the 2005 World Championships. In 2006 she returned to the medal podium with a bronze at the European Championships.

Her personal best throw is 68.80 metres, achieved in Poiana Brašov in August 1999.

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Extra
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 7th
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 10th
Universiade Catania, Italy 3rd
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd
1999 World Championships Sevilla, Spain 3rd
Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1st
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 2nd
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 6th
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 5th
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 2nd

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