Natalia Mărăşescu

Natalia Mărăşescu (née Andrei; born 3 October 1952) is a retired Romanian middle distance runner who specialized mainly in the 1500 metres.

Mărăşescu set two world records over the mile; 4:23.8 minutes on 21 May 1977 in Bucharest, and 4:22.09 minutes on January 27, 1979 in Auckland. The record was broken by Mary Slaney won ran in 4:21.68 minutes a year later in the same city. The current record is 4:12.56. [1] She briefly held the record in 5000 metres, with 15:41.4 minutes. This record lasted less than four months before broken by Jan Merrill. [2]

Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
1975 European Indoor Championships Katowice, Poland 1st 1500 m
1976 European Indoor Championships Munich, West Germany 2nd 1500 m
1977 Universiade Sofia, Bulgaria 2nd 1500 m
1978 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 2nd 1500 m
European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 2nd 1500 m
European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 2nd 3000 m
1979 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 1st 1500 m
Universiade Mexico City, Mexico 1st 1500 m