Oana Manuela Pantelimon, née Musunoiu (born 27 September 1972 in

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) is a

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er. At the

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Pantelimon ended in third place, tied with

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. As the two athletes had an identical jumping record, with perfect attempts up to 1.99 where both had one foul, they shared the

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Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad
(page 447 of 548) erroneously lists her place as fourth. Pantelimon, who had no international honors before this competition, even jumped a personal best of 1.99 metres, improving her old mark with 5 centimetres. Pantelimon has not been able to win any titles since the 2000 Olympics. She finished ninth at the 2001 World Championships, eighth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, fourth at the 2002 European Championships, ninth at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, seventh at the

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and ninth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the World Championships in

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and

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without qualifying for the final round. A 1.95 m jump from 2005 has been her best mark since the 2000 season.

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* 1972 births Living people Romanian female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Romania People from Tecuci Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub