Marian Oprea (born 6 June 1982) is a

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athlete, competing in

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, who won the silver medal at the

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. His personal best is 17.81 meters.Marian Oprea
sports-reference.com Oprea was born in Piteşti. He took his first major medal at the

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, winning the gold with a jump of 16.41 m. Oprea won the bronze medal in the triple jump at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in

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and also at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He suffered a serious knee injury (

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) and missed the

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as a result. He opted to undergo major surgery and brought an end to a two-year-long injury hiatus with a jump of 16.88 m in May 2010.Romania's Oprea jumps back into medal contention
.

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(21 May 2010). Retrieved on 2011-01-27. He proved himself to return to peak fitness with a silver medal performance at the

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(jumping 17.51 m) and then taking the gold medal at the

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later that season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oprea, Marian 1982 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania Sportspeople from Pitești Romanian male triple jumpers World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Romania Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic male triple jumpers Universiade silver medalists for Romania IAAF Continental Cup winners Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade