Cristina Ioana Bujin (born 12 April 1988, Constanța) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er. She was born in

Constanța Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...

. She was a prolific competitor at youth and junior events in her early career. She finished fifth in the long jump at the 2003 World Youth Championships. She then only reached triple jump finals, winning the bronze medal at the 2005 World Youth Championships, placing sixth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and third again at the 2007 European Junior Championships. She competed at the 2007 European Indoor Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the

2009 European Indoor Championships The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena

without reaching the final, before finally succeeding at the 2009 World Championships where she finished seventh in the final. She also won the silver medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships. Her personal best is 14.42 metres, achieved on 1 August 2009 in

București Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

. On the next day she managed 6.38 metres in the long jump, that too a personal best.

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1988 births Living people Romanian female triple jumpers Romanian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Romania Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Romania Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Constanța FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Romania Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub