Paula Ivan
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 Paula Ivan |
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| Women’s Athletics | |||
Competitor for  Romania |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | Seoul 1988 | 1.500 metres | |
| Silver | Seoul 1988 | 3.000 metres | |
Paula Ivan (born July 20, 1963 in Hereşti as Paula Ionescu) is a former Romanian athlete and Olympic gold winner. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul she won the gold medal in the 1.500 metres race ahead of Laimutė Baikauskaitė and Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh, both from Soviet. Ivan's winning time of 3:53.96 is still the Olympic record. In the 3000 m race she won the silver medal behind Samolenko and before Yvonne Murray, who won the bronze.
[edit] Reference
- IAAF profile for Paula Ivan
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Preceded by Tatyana Dorovskikh |
Women's 1.500m Best Year Performance 1988 – 1989 |
Succeeded by Doina Melinte |
| Preceded by Tatyana Samolenko |
Women's 3.000m Best Year Performance 1989 |
Succeeded by Angela Chalmers |
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