Roxana Maracineanu
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| Medal record | |||
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 Roxana Maracineanu |
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| Women's Swimming | |||
Competitor for  France |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | Sydney 2000 | 200m Backstroke | |
| World Championships (LC) | |||
| Gold | 1998 Perth | 200m Backstroke | |
| European Championships (LC) | |||
| Gold | 1999 Istanbul | 200m Backstroke | |
| Silver | 1997 Seville | 100m Backstroke | |
| Bronze | 1997 Seville | 200m Backstroke | |
| Bronze | 1999 Istanbul | 100m Backstroke | |
Roxana Maracineanu or Mărăcineanu (born May 7, 1975 in Bucharest) is a Romanian-born French former backstroke swimmer. She won the silver medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
She was born in Romania but came to France at a very young age with her parents. Maracineanu's first international succes came in 1997, when she won two medals (silver and bronze) at the European LC Championships 1997 in Seville, Spain. A year later she became world champion in the 200m Backstroke in Perth, Western Australia. After having missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics, she announced her retirement from the sport of swimming.
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