Luminita Zaituc
Appearance
Luminita Zaituc-Zelaskowski (originally Luminița Zaițuc; born October 9, 1968, in Bucharest) is a retired German long-distance runner of Romanian descent. She has lived in Germany since 1990, and, since 1996, she has been a German citizen.
Career
[edit]Zaituc represented her new country in the women's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in 18th position (2:36:45). Two years earlier, she won the silver medal in the same event at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics. At the national stage, she represented the sports club LG Braunschweig.[1]
She won the Berlin Half Marathon in 2005.
In 2009, Luminita Zaituc put a stop to her athletics career, after having finished in tenth place in the Frankfurt Marathon.
Achievements
[edit]- All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Romania | |||||
1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:38.63 |
Representing Germany | |||||
2001 | Frankfurt Marathon | Frankfurt, Germany | 1st | Marathon | 2:26:01 |
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 2nd | Marathon | 2:26:58 |
2003 | Frankfurt Marathon | Frankfurt, Germany | 1st | Marathon | 2:29:41 |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 18th | Marathon | 2:36:45 |
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | — | Marathon | DNF |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Luminita Zaituc at World Athletics
- (in German) Profile Luminita Zaituc
- (in German) Profile Luminita Zaituc[permanent dead link ]
Categories:
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Bucharest
- Romanian female long-distance runners
- Romanian female marathon runners
- German female long-distance runners
- German female marathon runners
- German national athletics champions
- LG Braunschweig athletes
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- German people of Romanian descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Frankfurt Marathon female winners
- 20th-century German sportswomen
- 20th-century Romanian sportswomen