Adrian Proteasa (born 1 March 1959) is a retired

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er. Proteasa won the

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at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and finished seventh at the 1980 Olympic Games. He became national champion five times in a row, from 1977 through 1981. His personal best jump outdoors was 2.26 metres, achieved in July 1980 in

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. On the indoor track he jumped 2.29 metres, in

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1980.World men's all-time best high jump indoor (last updated 2001)
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1959 births Living people Romanian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania Romanian athletics coaches Place of birth missing (living people) {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub