Mirela Dulgheru–Renda, aka Mirela Renda, (born Mirela Dulgheru October 5, 1966) is a Romanian-born Turkish female

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er. She became a naturalised Turkish citizen by marriage in 1999, and adopted the surname Renda. She is the holder of third national performance outdoor long jump (7.14 m), a Romanian national record in long jump indoor (6.99 m) and a national record at sprint distances sample 50 m, 60 m and 80 m. She won twelve titles at Balkan Championships, and was over hundred times winner at national level in Romania. Mirela Dulgheru competed for her native country Romania at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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, Spain. With her jump of 6.71 m, she placed 6th. She won a gold medal in long jump event at the

Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade At the 1993 Summer Universiade, the athletics events were held at the University at Buffalo Stadium in Amherst, New York in the United States from July 14 to 18. A total of 43 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 20 by female athletes. ...

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, USA. She was a lecturer at the

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and athletics coach at

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. In 2009, she obtained a

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in Physical Education and Sport at the University of Pitești with a thesis on "The Differentiate Nature of Effort’s Specificity in the Development of Movement Qualities During Athletic Tasks". Soon after her naturalization in Turkey, Mirela Renda set a national record in long jump with 6.52 m. Her record lasted nine years long until it was broken with 6.62 m by Melis Mey, another naturalized athlete.

Achievements

* 4th -

1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 3 and 4 March 1990. It was the last time that the event had been held annually and not biennially as it is now, as well as the last time that it was held ov ...

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, Scotland * 9th -

1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include relay races as well as women's triple j ...

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, Spain - 6.50 m * 4th -

, Spain - 6.71 m * 8th -

1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, i ...

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, Canada - 6.55 m * 11th -

1993 World Championships in Athletics The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Neckarstadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August with the participation of 187 nations. Having ori ...

, Stuttgart, Germany - 6.48 m * -

, USA - 6.69 m * 5th -

1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Paris, the capital city of France in between 11 and 13 March 1994. This was the last edition to feature race walking. Medal summary Men Women Medal table * Athletes of the Federa ...

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, France * 6th - 2000 Osaka Grand Prix,

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, Japan

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dulgheru, Mirela 1966 births Sportspeople from Ploiești Romanian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Romania Romanian athletics coaches Turkish people of Romanian descent Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkish female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Living people FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade