Angela Moroșanu (born 26 July 1986 in

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...

) is a Romanian

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. Moroșanu was discovered by Albu Ştefan who became her first trainer whilst she was at school in

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, a village 40 km from Iaşi. She started out competing for sports clubs in Iaşi and

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. Currently, she represents

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. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Moroșanu was part of the Romanian 4 × 400 m relay team. She finished 8th in the 200 m final at the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

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, where she also took part in the

400 m hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ar ...

. In 2007 Moroșanu became the European Under 23 Champion in the 400 m hurdles with a Championship Record time. At the

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Moroșanu made it into the semifinals of the 400 m hurdles, finishing in 16th place overall. At the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...

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, Moroșanu came last in the finals of the 400 m hurdles, with a time of 55.04s. She reached the final of the 2010 European Championships. At the 2012 European Championships, she reached the semifinal, and was part of the Romanian 4 × 400 m team that reached the final. She again competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, but did not qualify from the heats.

References

* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Iași Romanian female sprinters Romanian female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub