Daniela Cîrlan

Daniela Cîrlan
	Running at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Personal information
Nationality	Romanian
Born	18 September 1980 (age 44); Sibiu, Romania
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Sport	Long-distance runner
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2004 Olympic Games
World finals	2003 World Championships

Elena Daniela Cîrlan (born 18 September 1980 in Sibiu),^[1]^[2] known as Daniela Cîrlan^[3]^[4]^[5] (sometimes spelled Cârlan),^[6] is a female long-distance runner and former race walker from Romania.

Race walker

As a race walker her biggest successes were a fifth place in 5000 m walk at the 1998 World Junior Championships and a sixteenth place in 20 km at the 2004 World Race Walking Cup. She also competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games.

In 2006 Cârlan took up running. In October 2007 she ran the half marathon in 1:12:14 hours, finishing 28th at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships. In marathon, she competed at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Romania
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	5th	5000 m walk	22:04.60
1999	European Junior Championships	Riga, Latvia	2nd	5000 m walk	21:46.15
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	13th	20 km walk	1:31:30
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	—	20 km walk	DQ
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9th	20 km walk	1:34:41
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	23rd	20 km walk	1:36:02
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	37th	20 km walk	1:37:14
2005	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	—	20 km walk	DNF
2007	Vienna City Marathon	Vienna, Austria	1st	Half marathon	1:16:11
2008	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	9th	Marathon	2:36:18
2009	Hanover Marathon	Hanover, Germany	3rd	Marathon	2:45:22
2009	Bucharest Marathon	Bucharest, Romania	1st	Marathon	2:44:49
2010	Kavarna Marathon	Kavarna, Bulgaria	1st	Marathon	2:38:41
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	—	Marathon	DNF
	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	13th	Marathon	2:42:34
	Bucharest Marathon	Bucharest, Romania	4th	Marathon	2:50:01
2011	Kavarna Marathon	Kavarna, Bulgaria	4th	Marathon	2:44:58
2011	Bucharest Marathon	Bucharest, Romania	5th	Marathon	2:42:26
2012	Naples Marathon	Naples, Italy	2nd	Marathon	2:44:14
2012	Treviso Marathon	Treviso, Italy	1st	Marathon	2:39:20
2013	Three Hearts Marathon	Radenci, Slovenia	1st	Marathon	2:41:55
2015	Bratislava Marathon	Bratislava, Slovakia	2nd	Marathon	2:42:41
2015	Krakow Marathon	Krakow, Poland	3rd	Marathon	2:43:38
2016	Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	—	Marathon	DNF

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^ "Elena Daniela Cirlan". COSR.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023.
^ Morar, Marius (4 December 2015). "Atleta Daniela Cîrlan încheie anul cu gândul la Jocurile Olimpice din 2016" [Athlete Daniela Cîrlan ends the year thinking about the 2016 Olympic Games]. MagazinSalajean.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
^ Fulea, Georgian (14 July 2016). "Daniela Cîrlan: „Eu îmi doresc din tot sufletul să mă îndrept spre un record personal la Jocurile Olimpice"" [Daniela Cîrlan: “I wish with all my heart to go to a personal record at the Olympic Games”]. Sibiu100.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
^ Redacția (17 December 2016). "Daniela Cîrlan: "Mulțumesc tuturor celor care mă susțin!"" [Daniela Cîrlan: "Thank you to everyone who supports me!"]. SportExclusiv.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
^ "Vicecampioana națională la semimaraton Daniela Cârlan a fost mușcată de un maidanez în timp ce se antrena în parc" [National half-marathon runner-up Daniela Cârlan was bitten by a stray dog while training in the park]. B1TV.ro (in Romanian). 25 February 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

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