Nicolae Alexandru Soare (born 20 September 1991) is a Romanian

long distance runner Long may refer to: Measurement * Long, characteristic of something of great duration * Long, characteristic of something of great length * Longitude (abbreviation: long.), a geographic coordinate * Longa (music), note value in early music mensur ...

who specialises in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

. He competed in the men's marathon event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He won silver medals in the 10,000 metres at the

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

and 2017 Universiades. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the

2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships The 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, originally scheduled for 29 March 2020 in Gdynia, Poland, was postponed until 17 October 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. On , the mass participation race was cancelled, while the elite ...

held in Gdynia, Poland. His personal best times are 14:00.35 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in Ponzano Veneto in June 2018; 28:25.38 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in

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in May 2018; 1:04:07 hours in the half marathon, achieved in March 2014 in

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; and 2:18:52 hours in the marathon, achieved at the 2016

Hamburg Marathon The Hamburg Marathon (german: Hamburg-Marathon) is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of held in Hamburg, Germany. In 2009, 13,938 participants were counted. The marathon is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athlet ...

. He was found positive for

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( doping substance) in 2016.

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* 1991 births Living people Romanian male long-distance runners Romanian male marathon runners Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Romania Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Romania Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Romanian sportspeople in doping cases {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub