Cristina Nicolau (9 August 1977, in

Bucharest 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 ...

– 5 December 2017) was 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. Her personal best jump was 14.70 metres, achieved in August 1999 in

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. This mark places her jump third in the all-time Romanian woman triple jumper record list, only behind

Rodica Mateescu Rodica Mateescu (born Rodica Petrescu on March 13, 1971 in Bucharest) is a former triple jumper from Romania. Having set a personal best of 15.16 in 1997, she placed fourth at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships and won a silver medal a ...

and

Adelina Gavrilă Adelina Gavrilă (born 26 November 1978 in Brăila) is a Romanian triple jumper. She was a bronze medalist at the 1996 World Junior Championships. In 1998 she broke the 14-metre barrier for the first time, with 14.53 metres. In 1999 she improved ...

. Cristina Nicolau died on 5 December 2017, aged 40.

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* 1977 births 2017 deaths Romanian female triple jumpers Romanian female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Romania Universiade bronze medalists for Romania Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Athletes from Bucharest {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub