Roxana Elisabeta Rotaru, née Bârcă (born 22 June 1988) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

n long-distance runner. She represented her country in the 5000 metres at the

2010 European Athletics Championships The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, C ...

. She also competed at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, coming tenth in the 3000 metres. She came third at the

World University Cross Country Championships The World University Cross Country Championships is an international biennial cross country running competition for student athletes, organised by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The 2012 edition of the competition featured 76 ...

in 2012 and was part of the silver medal-winning Romanian team alongside Ancuta Bobocel. She is previously served a two-year doping ban for the use of a prohibited substance, Methasterone, at the 2013 Summer Universiade, where she originally won the gold medal in the 5000 metres. The ban lasted from 11 July 2013 to 3 September 2015.IAAF list of athletes suspended for doping - April 2014
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* 1988 births Living people Athletes from Bucharest Romanian female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Romania Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Doping cases in athletics Romanian sportspeople in doping cases Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub