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

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength. Within e ...

. She represented her country in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

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, Cat ...

. She also competed at the

2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 4 to 6 March 2011. 577 athletes representing 46 countries competed at the championships. Twenty-six track and field events we ...

, coming tenth in the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

. She came third at the World University Cross Country Championships in 2012 and was part of the silver medal-winning Romanian team alongside

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. She is previously served a two-year doping ban for the use of a prohibited substance,

Methasterone Methasterone, also known as methyldrostanolone and known by the nickname Superdrol, is a synthetic and orally active anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) which was never marketed for medical use. It was sold legally for 9 years as a body buildi ...

, at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

, 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