Nicoleta Grasu

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Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Romania
World Championships
Silver	2001 Edmonton	Discus
Bronze	1999 Seville	Discus

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.

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 August 1999 in Poiana Braşov.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	7th
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Paris, France	1st
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
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	4th

[edit] References

IAAF profile for Nicoleta Grasu

Sporting positions
Preceded by Natalya Sadova	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 2000	Succeeded by Natalya Sadova