Marian Oprea (born June 6, 1982 in Piteşti) is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best is 17.81 meters.
He took his first major medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, winning the gold with a jump of 16.41 m. Oprea won the bronze medal in the triple jump at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki and also at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
He suffered a serious knee injury (tendonitis) and missed the 2009 World Championships in Athletics as a result.[1] He opted to undergo major surgery and brought an end to a two-year-long injury hiatus with a jump of 16.88 m in May 2010.[2] He proved himself to be back to peak fitness with a silver medal performance at the 2010 European Athletics Championships (jumping 17.51 m) and then taking the gold medal at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup later that season.
Achievements
Representing  Romania |
| 1999 |
World Youth Championships |
Bydgoszcz, Poland |
4th |
15.70 m |
| European Junior Championships |
Riga, Latvia |
3rd |
15.98 m |
| 2000 |
World Junior Championships |
Santiago, Chile |
1st |
16.41 m |
| 2001 |
European Junior Championships |
Grosseto, Italy |
1st |
16.65 m |
| World Championships |
Edmonton, Canada |
13th (q) |
16.62 m |
| Universiade |
Beijing, China |
2nd |
17.11 m |
| 2002 |
European Indoor Championships |
Vienna, Austria |
2nd |
17.22 m |
| European Championships |
Munich, Germany |
14th (q) |
16.47 m |
| 2003 |
World Indoor Championships |
Birmingham, United Kingdom |
8th |
16.59 m |
| European U23 Championships |
Bydgoszcz, Poland |
2nd |
17.28 m |
| World Championships |
Paris, France |
17th (q) |
16.55 m |
| 2004 |
World Indoor Championships |
Budapest, Hungary |
5th |
17.19 m |
| Olympic Games |
Athens, Greece |
2nd |
17.55 m |
| 2005 |
World Championships |
Helsinki, Finland |
3rd |
17.40 m |
| 2006 |
World Indoor Championships |
Moscow, Russia |
4th |
17.34 m |
| European Championships |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
3rd |
17.18 m |
| 2008 |
Olympic Games |
Beijing, China |
5th |
17.22 m |
| 2010 |
European Championships |
Barcelona, Spain |
2nd |
17.51 m |
| 2011 |
European Indoor Championships |
Paris, France |
3rd |
17.62 m |
| World Championships |
Daegu, South Korea |
15th |
16.61 m |
| 2012 |
World Indoor Championships |
Istanbul, Turkey |
11th (q) |
16.58 m |
| European Championships |
Helsinki, Finland |
19th (q) |
16.17 m |
| 2013 |
World Championships |
Moscow, Russia |
6th |
16.82 m |
References
World Best Year Performance in Men's Triple Jump |
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| Name |
Oprea, Marian |
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| Short description |
Athletics (sport) competitor |
| Date of birth |
1982 |
| Place of birth |
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| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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