Liliana Popescu
Liliana Popescu, née Barbulescu (born 5 February 1982) is a Romanian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.
Career
Her personal best is 1:59.34 minutes, achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She has 4:00.35 minutes in the 1500 metres, also achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She was removed from the Olympic squad prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, as she failed a doping test for Erythropoietin (EPO) in May. She received a two-year ban from the sport from May 2008 to May 2010.[1]
Popescu ran in the series of the 1500 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but did not finish the race.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Romania | |||||
1999 | World Youth Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 800 m | 2:11.97 |
2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:34.49 |
2003 | Universiade | Daegu, South Korea | 1st | 800 m | 2:00.06 |
2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 6th | 1500 m | 4:07.61 |
References
- Liliana Popescu at World Athletics
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- 1959: Nicole Goullieux (FRA)
- 1961: Antje Gleichfeld (FRG)
- 1963: Olga Kazi (HUN)
- 1965: Laine Erik (URS)
- 1967: Madeline Manning (USA)
- 1970: Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)
- 1973: Liyana Tomova (BUL)
- 1975: Nina Morgunova (URS)
- 1977: Totka Petrova (BUL)
- 1979: Nadezhda Mushta (URS)
- 1981: Doina Melinte (ROM)
- 1983: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS)
- 1985: Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (URS)
- 1987: Slobodanka Čolović (YUG)
- 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
- 1991: Inna Yevseyeva (URS)
- 1993: Amy Wickus (USA)
- 1995: Stella Jongmans (NED)
- 1997: Irina Nedelenko (UKR)
- 1999: Yuliya Taranova (RUS)
- 2001: Brigita Langerholc (SLO)
- 2003: Liliana Popescu (ROM)
- 2005: Svetlana Klyuka (RUS)
- 2007: Yuliya Krevsun (UKR)
- 2009: Madeleine Pape (AUS)
- 2011: Olha Zavhorodnya (UKR)
- 2013: Margarita Mukasheva (KAZ)
- 2015: Angie Petty (NZL)
- 2017: Rose Mary Almanza (CUB)
- 2019: Catriona Bisset (AUS)
- 2021: Laura Pellicoro (ITA)
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