Alina Rotaru-Kottmann Explained

Alina Rotaru-Kottmann
Birth Name:Alina Rotaru
Nationality:Romanian
Birth Date:5 June 1993
Birth Place:Bucharest, Romania
Height:1.75 m[1]
Weight:57 kg
Education:Ovidius University[2]
Sport:Athletics
Event:Long jump
Olympics:2016

18th (q)
2020: 17th (q)

Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (born 5 June 1993) is a Romanian long jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships in the long jump event.

At the 2009 World Youth Championships she won the silver medal in long jump and finished fourth in the high jump. She was knocked out in the qualification at the 2010 World Junior Championships, but won the silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

She finished fifth at the 2012 World Junior Championships, fourth at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie and seventh at the 2014 European Championships. She also competed at the 2012 European Championships and the 2013 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.

Her personal best jump is 6.96 metres, achieved in Inneringen in July 2023.

International competitions

Representing
2009World Junior ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy4thHigh jump1.82 m
bgcolor=silver2ndLong jump6.09 m
European Youth Olympic FestivalTampere, Finland5thHigh jump1.79 m
bgcolor=silver2ndLong jump6.24 m
2010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada19th (q)Long jump5.27 m
Youth Olympic GamesSingaporebgcolor=silver2ndLong jump6.38 m
2011European Junior ChampionshipsTallinn, Estoniabgcolor=silver2ndLong jump6.36 m
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland20th (q)Long jump6.19 m
World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain5thLong jump6.52 m
2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden11th (q)Long jump6.39 m
European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland5thLong jump6.47 m
Jeux de la FrancophonieNice, France4thLong jump6.57 m (w)
2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland7thLong jump6.55 m
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic4thLong jump6.74 m
European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia3rdLong jump6.69 m
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China15th (q)Long jump6.58 m
Military World GamesMungyeong, South Korea3rdHigh jump1.80 m
3rdLong jump6.33 m
2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States10thLong jump6.45 m
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil18th (q)Long jump6.40 m
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom12thLong jump6.46 m
UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwanbgcolor=gold1stLong jump6.65 m
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom9thLong jump6.41 m
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany15th (q)Long jump6.55 m
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom5thLong jump6.64 m
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar6thLong jump6.71 m
2021European ChampionshipsToruń, Poland10th (q)Long jump6.53 m
Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan17th (q)Long jump6.51 m
2022European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany11thLong jump6.26 m
2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey5thLong jump6.62 m
World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdLong jump6.88 m
2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom8thLong jump6.46 m
European ChampionshipsRome, Italy9thLong jump6.68 m

References

  1. Alina Rotaru . https://web.archive.org/web/20190709095246/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/alina-rotaru-1.html . dead . 9 July 2019 . 26 September 2023.
  2. https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n162067-rotaru-alina.htm 2017 Universiade bio