Maricica Puica

	Maricica Puica Maricica is a Romanian female given name: Maricica Puică (née Luca), a retired Romanian Olympic middle-distance runner. Maricica Țăran, retired Romanian-German Olympic rower See also * Maria (other) * Marioara Marcel (other) Marcel may refer to: People Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian s ... References {{given name Romanian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maricica Puică Maricica Puică (née Luca on 29 July 1950) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner. She is the 1984 Olympic champion in the 3000 metres. One of the greatest female middle-distance runners of the 1980s, she also twice won the World Cross Country Championship (1982, 1984) and broke the world record for the mile in 1982. Career Puicǎ was born in Iași, Romania and competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where she finished seventh in the 1500 m. In 1978, she placed fourth in the 3000 m at the European Championships. In March 1982, she won the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. In August, she won a silver medal in the 3000 m at the European Championships behind Svetlana Ulmasova. She also finished fourth in the 1500 m final. A month later in September, she broke Mary Decker's world mile record of 4:18.08 with 4:17.44 in Rieti. Puicǎ missed the 1983 World Championships due to injury, but returned in early 1984 to win her second World Cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maricica Țăran Maricia Titie Ţăran (later ''Iordache''; born 4 January 1962) is a retired Romanian-German rower. Competing for Romania in quadruple sculls she won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, followed by two medals at the 1985 and 1986 world championships. After a regatta in Mannheim in 1987, she defected to West Germany, where she competed in single sculls and won a bronze medal at the 1990 World Champsionships.Titie Maricica Taran Romanian Olympic Committee The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee ( ro, Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român, COSR) is responsible for Romania's participation in the Olympic Games. History The Romanian Olympic Committee ( ro, Comitetul Olimpic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maria (other) Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar Maria, Quebec, Canada * Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines María, Spain, in Andalusia Îles Maria, French Polynesia María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film Literature * ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ''Maria'' (Ukrainian novel), a 1934 novel by the Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk * ''Maria'' (play), a 1935 play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marioara Marioara is a Romanian female given name derived from Maria: * Marioara Popescu, a Romanian Olympics rower * Marioara Munteanu, a Romanian female weightlifter * Marioara Murărescu, a Romanian singer and producer of folkloric television shows * Marioara Trașcă, a retired Romanian rower * Marioara Trifan, an American pianist and conductor See also * Maria (other) * Maricica {{given name Romanian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marcel (other) Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian striker * Marcel (footballer, born 1983), Marcel Silva Cardoso, Brazilian left back * Marcel (footballer, born 1992), Marcel Henrique Garcia Alves Pereira, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (singer), American country music singer * Étienne Marcel (died 1358), provost of merchants of Paris * Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), French philosopher, Christian existentialist and playwright * Jean Marcel (died 1980), Madagascan Anglican bishop * Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931–2014), French football player * Rosie Marcel (born 1977), English actor * Sylvain Marcel (born 1974), Canadian actor * Terry Marcel (born 1942), British film director * Claude Marcel (1793-1876), French diplomat and applied linguist Other uses * Marcel (''Friends''), a fictional monkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]