Marian Oprea (born 6 June 1982) is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. 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 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 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 Helsinki and also at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
He suffered a serious knee injury (tendonitis) and missed the 2009 World Championships in Athletics as a result.Gatlin Gets a Hearing, EME News, by Alfons Juck, Notes by Larry Eder . Run Blog Run. Retrieved on 15 February 2010. 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 . European Athletics (21 May 2010). Retrieved on 2011-01-27. He proved himself to return to peak fitness with a silver medal performance at the 2010 European Athletics Championships (jumping 17.51 m) and then taking the gold medal at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup later that season.
Achievements Representing 1999World Youth Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland4th15.70 mEuropean Junior Championships Riga, Latvia 3rd15.98 m2000World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 1st16.41 m2001European Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 1st16.65 mWorld Championships Edmonton, Canada13th (q)16.62 mUniversiade Beijing, China 2nd17.11 m2002European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 2nd17.22 mEuropean Championships Munich, Germany14th (q)16.47 m2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom8th16.59 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland 2nd17.28 mWorld Championships Paris, France17th (q)16.55 m2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary5th17.19 mOlympic Games Athens, Greece 2nd17.55 m2005World Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd17.40 m2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia4th17.34 mEuropean Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd17.18 m2008Olympic Games Beijing, China5th17.22 m2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain 2nd17.51 m2011European Indoor Championships Paris, France 3rd17.62 mWorld Championships Daegu, South Korea15th (q)16.61 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey11th (q)16.58 mEuropean ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland19th (q)16.17 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia6th16.82 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland 3rd17.21 mEuropean ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland5th16.94 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic 3rd16.91 mWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China6th17.06 m2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States10th16.27 mEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands27th (q)15.40 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil –NM2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany21st (q)15.93 m
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