Mihaela Melinte

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Mihaela Melinte (born 27 March 1975 in Bacău) is a Romanian hammer thrower. She holds the world junior record, and with 76.07 metres she held the world record until Tatyana Lysenko beat it in July 2005. The twelve-time Romanian national champion, Melinte is also a former European and World champion, but has never participated in the Olympics.

She failed a drugs test at the Notturna di Milano meeting in 2000 (ruling her out of the 2000 Sydney Olympics) and she was banned from the sport for two years for taking nandrolone (an anabolic steroid).[1] Following her ban, she never again reached a major global podium or threw over 72 metres – some way off her previous world record mark.

She took second place in the women's hammer at the 2005 European Cup Winter Throwing, but was less successful at the 2006 edition, where she finished eleventh overall. She finished fourth in both the 2007 and 2008 European Cup Winter Throwing events. She was the bronze medallist at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie.

Achievements

Representing  Romania
1997 World Student Games Catania, Italy 1st 69.84 m
European U23 Championships Turku, Finland 1st 70.26 m
1998 Goodwill Games New York, United States 1st 72.64 m
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 71.17 m
1999 World Student Games Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1st 74.24 m
World Championships Sevilla, Spain 1st 75.20 m
2003 World Championships Paris, France 6th 68.69 m
World Athletics Final Szombathely, Hungary 3rd 69.27 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 11th 64.31 m
Jeux de la Francophonie Niamey, Niger 3rd
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 20th 63.96 m
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 33rd 62.40 m

See also

References

  1. ↑ Melinte suspended for two years for a doping offence. IAAF (2001-07-17). Retrieved on 2010-09-10.



Records
Preceded by
Belarus Svetlana Sudak		 Women's Hammer World Record Holder
4 March 1995 – 5 June 1995 		Succeeded by
Russia Olga Kuzenkova
Preceded by
Russia Olga Kuzenkova		 Women's Hammer World Record Holder
3 March 1997 – 11 June 1997 		Succeeded by
Russia Olga Kuzenkova
Preceded by
Russia Olga Kuzenkova		 Women's Hammer World Record Holder
13 May 1999 – 15 July 2005 		Succeeded by
Russia Tatyana Lysenko


World Champions in Women's Hammer Throw
World best year performance in women's hammer throw


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