Roxana Rotaru

Roxana Rotaru
Bârcă in 2018
Personal information
Full nameRoxana Elisabeta Rotaru
BornRoxana Bârcă
(1988-06-22) 22 June 1988
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb) (2013)
Sport
Country Romania
SportTrack and field
Event
5000 m
College teamSpiru Haret University

Roxana Elisabeta Rotaru, née Bârcă (born 22 June 1988) is a Romanian long-distance runner. She represented her country in the 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. She also competed at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, coming tenth in the 3000 metres.

She came third at the World University Cross Country Championships in 2012 and was part of the silver medal-winning Romanian team alongside Ancuta Bobocel.[1]

She served a two-year doping ban for the use of a prohibited substance, Methasterone, at the 2013 Summer Universiade, where she originally won the gold medal in the 5000 metres. The ban lasted from 11 July 2013 to 3 September 2015.[2]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Romania
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 4th 5000 m 16:46.55
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 12th 5000 m 17:03.84
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 15th 5000 m 16:06.10
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 9th 3000 m 9:09.19
Universiade Shenzhen, China 8th 5000 m 16:11.94
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th 5000 m 15:16.54 (PB)
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 34th (h) 5000 m 16:01.04
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 9th 3000 m 9:10.51
Universiade Kazan, Russia – 5000 m DQ

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