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
2009	World Junior Championships	Brixen, Italy	4th	High jump	1.82 m
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	Long jump	6.09 m
	European Youth Olympic Festival	Tampere, Finland	5th	High jump	1.79 m
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	Long jump	6.24 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	19th (q)	Long jump	5.27 m
	Youth Olympic Games	Singapore	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Long jump	6.38 m
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Long jump	6.36 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	20th (q)	Long jump	6.19 m
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	Long jump	6.52 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	11th (q)	Long jump	6.39 m
	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	5th	Long jump	6.47 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	4th	Long jump	6.57 m (w)
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	7th	Long jump	6.55 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	4th	Long jump	6.74 m
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	3rd	Long jump	6.69 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	15th (q)	Long jump	6.58 m
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	3rd	High jump	1.80 m
			3rd	Long jump	6.33 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	10th	Long jump	6.45 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	18th (q)	Long jump	6.40 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	12th	Long jump	6.46 m
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	bgcolor=gold	1st	Long jump	6.65 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th	Long jump	6.41 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	15th (q)	Long jump	6.55 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	5th	Long jump	6.64 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	6th	Long jump	6.71 m
2021	European Championships	Toruń, Poland	10th (q)	Long jump	6.53 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	17th (q)	Long jump	6.51 m
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	11th	Long jump	6.26 m
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	5th	Long jump	6.62 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	Long jump	6.88 m
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	8th	Long jump	6.46 m
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	9th	Long jump	6.68 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