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
The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total numb ...
and won a silver medal at the
1997 World Championships. The same year she placed third at the Grand Prix Final in
Fukuoka.
She has bee
banned for life from the Olympics by the Romanian Olympic Committee (COR)after she tested positive for nandrolone in May 2000 during a training session in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta.
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1971 births
Living people
Athletes from Bucharest
Romanian female triple jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Romania
World Athletics Championships medalists
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