Cătălina Gheorghiu
Cătălina Gheorghiu (born 21 June 1969) is a Romanian middle-distance runner. She competed in the at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Specializing in the 800 metres at a young age, she won the silver medals at both the 1987 European Athletics Championships and the 1988 World Junior Championships. She also competed individually at the 1987 World Championships without reaching the final, and was on the team that finished sixth in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1988 World Junior Championships. In 1989 she recorded lifetime bests of 2:00.02 minutes in the 800 metres and 4:06.94 minutes in the 1500 metres, both achieved in June and July in Bucureşti. Over the next years, she competed less on the highest international level, but finished sixth at the 1991 Summer Universiade and also competed at the 1995 Summer Universiade. Gheorghiu then returned to the world elite and finished fourth at the 1996 European Athletics Championships, reached the semi-final at the 1996 Summer Olympics ...
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Middle-distance Running
Middle-distance running events are Track and field#Running, track races longer than Sprint (running), sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1500 m came about as a result of running laps of a 400 m outdoor track or laps of a 200 m indoor track, which were commonplace in continental Europe in the 20th century.1500 m – Introduction
IAAF. Retrieved on 5 April 2010. Middle-distance running is unique in that it typically requires attributes found in both Sprint (running), sprinters and Long-distance running, long-distance runners, including combinations of both footspeed ''and'' aerobic endurance. Middle-distance racing is commonly reported to be ...
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