Claudia Bobocea

Claudia Bobocea
Bobocea at the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland
Personal information
Full nameClaudia Mihaela Bobocea
Born (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992
Bucharest, Romania
EducationOvidius University
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
CountryRomania
SportAthletics
Event
1500 metres
ClubCSA Steaua București
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Romania
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Istanbul1500 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków-Małopolska1500 m

Claudia Mihaela Bobocea (born 11 June 1992)[1] is a Romanian middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.

Bobocea represented Romania at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[1] She won multiple national titles both outdoors and indoors (mostly over 800 metres).

In 2025, Bobocea was issued with a two-year ban set to expire in August 2027 for an anti-doping rule violation for whereabouts failures.[2] It was reported in Romanian news that all of her results had been disqualifed backdated to August 2023 (the original date of the infraction).[3]

Statistics

Competition record

Representing  Romania
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 20th (h) 800 m 2:12.90
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 9th 1500 m 4:20.39
2014 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 7th 4 × 800 m relay 8:23.12
4th 4 × 1500 m relay 17:51.48
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 18th (h) 3000 m 9:27.82
European Team Championships, 1st League Heraklion, Greece 1st 1500 m 4:14.58 PB
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 12th 1500 m 4:31.27
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, OR, United States 15th (h) 1500 m 4:12.38
Balkan Championships Pitești, Romania 1st 1500 m 4:16.94
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands – 800 m DNF
19th (h) 1500 m 4:18.98
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 51st (h) 800 m 2:03.75
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 16th (h) 1500 m 4:16.98
European Team Championships, 1st League Vaasa, Finland 1st 1500 m 4:14.50
World Championships London, United Kingdom 35th (h) 1500 m 4:11.20
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 11th 1500 m 4:22.85
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 25th (h) 1500 m 4:24.60
13th 3000 m 9:23.70
European Championships Berlin, Germany 22nd (h) 1500 m 4:16.20
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 7th 1500 m 4:13.40
World Championships Doha, Qatar 24th (sf) 1500 m 4:18.25
2020 Balkan Championships Cluj-Napoca, Romania 1st 800 m 2:03.32
1st 1500 m 4:12.95
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 18th (h) 1500 m 4:18.00
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan] 33rd (h) 1500 m 4:09.19
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 9th 1500 m 4:09.64
Balkan Championships Craiova, Romania 1st 800 m 2:01.84
European Championships Munich, Germany 11th 1500 m 4:07.74
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 1500 m 4:03.76 PB
World Championships Budapest, Hungary – (h) 800 m DQ
– (h) 1500 m DQ
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom – (h) 800 m DQ
– 1500 m DQq

Personal bests

National titles

References

  1. 1 2 "Claudia Mihaela BOBOCEA – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Latest Sanctions for Doping and Non-Doping Violations - October 2025" (PDF). Athletics Integrity Unit.
  3. ↑ "Anunţ Athletics Integrity Unit, Bobocea suspendată 2 ani cu rezultate anulate retroactiv" [Athletics Integrity Unit announcement, Bobocea suspended for 2 years with results retroactively canceled]. SportTIM.ro (in Romanian). 7 November 2025.
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