Claudia Isăilă Explained

Claudia Isăilă (born 17 July 1973) is a Romanian female former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She set a career best of at the 1994 IAAF Grand Prix Final, which brought her third place and ranked her fourth on the global rankings for the year.[1] [2]

After a fifth place finish at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Isăilă emerged two years later with a bronze medal at the 1992 European Athletics U23 Cup then a gold medal at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[3] She made the final at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics a year later, ending the competition in seventh place.[1] A silver medal came at the 1995 Summer Universiade behind her compatriot Felicia Țilea.[4] She was a finalist at the 1994 European Athletics Championships and represented Romania one further time globally at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, though she did not progress beyond qualifying.

She won one national title at the Romanian Athletics Championships, doing so in 1995 with a championship record mark of with the old javelin design.[5]

International competitions

1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria5thJavelin54.74
1992European U23 CupGateshead, United Kingdom3rdJavelin55.98 m
World Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Koreabgcolor=gold1stJavelin63.04 m
1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany7thJavelin61.54 m
1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland11thJavelin56.92 m
IAAF Grand Prix FinalParis, France3rdJavelin66.56 m
1995UniversiadeFukuoka, Japanbgcolor=silver2ndJavelin61.74 m
World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden22nd (q)Javelin55.84 m
1997UniversiadeCatania, Italy6thJavelin59.16 m

National titles

Notes and References

  1. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=1139&Gender=W Claudia Isaila
  2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/gp.htm IAAF Grand Prix Final
  3. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wj.htm World Junior Championships
  4. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wsgw.htm World Student Games (Women)
  5. http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/rom.htm Romanian Championships