Marioara Munteanu (born in
Brăila
Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County. The ''Sud-Est'' Regional Development Agency is located in Brăila.
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) is a Romanian
weightlifter
Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...
, competing in the 53 kg category and representing Romania at international competitions.
She participated at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
in the
53 kg event finishing eight and 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), ...
in the
53 kg event finishing fourth. She competed at world championships, most recently at the
2005 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2005 in sports, 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Al-Sadd Sports Centre, Doha, Qatar from November 9 to November 17.
Medal summary Men
Women
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
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Major results
References
External links
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*http://amarillo.com/stories/091800/spo_romanian.shtml#.WLCPylXyvIU
*https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100546
*http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-romanias-marioara-munteanu-lifts-during-the-womens-53kg-weightlifting-119783214.html
* http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/marioara-munteanu?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=marioara%20munteanu
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1978 births
Living people
Romanian female weightlifters
Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic weightlifters of Romania
Sportspeople from Brăila
Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
21st-century Romanian women