Ionuţ Pungă (born 14 October 1979) is a retired Romanian triple jumper. Originally a hurdler, he holds the European age record for the age of 15 with 14.73 over 110 metres hurdles. He later switched to triple jump and won the 1998 World Junior Championships with a jump of 16.94 metres, only 10 centimetres behind the championship record set by Yoelbi Quesada in 1994. The next year Punga finished 5th at the World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.04 metres, which he achieved twice in June 1999.
Achievements Representing 1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia3rdTriple jump16.15 m w (wind: +3.1 m/s)1997European Junior ChampionshipsLjubljana, Slovenia 2ndTriple jump16.43 m w (wind: +2.7 m/s)1998World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France1stTriple jump16.94 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)1999World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan5thTriple jump16.87 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden13th (sf)110m hurdles14.00 (wind: +1.0 m/s)1stTriple jump16.73 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia14th (q)Triple jump16.72 m 2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands3rdTriple jump16.81 m (wind: -0.2 m/s)
EVENT PERFORMANCE 60 Metres Hurdles 7.75 110 Metres Hurdles 13.79 60 Metres 6.74100 Metres 10.67Triple jump 17.05 Long Jump 7.68
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