Claudia Ștef Explained

Birth Date:1978 2, df=yes
Sport:Athletics
Event:20km Race Walk

Claudia Ștef, née Iovan (born 25 February 1978 in Craiova, Romania) is a Romanian women's professional race walker.

Ștef holds the world indoor record for 3000 metres track walk with 11:40.33 minutes, achieved in January 1999 in Bucharest.[1]

Doping

She tested positive for nandrolone in an out-of-competition test on 20 May 2000 and received a two-year doping ban.[2] [3]

Achievements

Representing
1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia3rd5000 m21:57.11
1997World Race Walking CupPoděbrady, Czech Republic34th10 km45:03
European Junior ChampionshipsLjubljana, Slovenia1st5000 m21:15.99
1998European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakia3rd10 km43:12
European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary12th10 km44:10
1999World Race Walking CupMézidon-Canon, France6th20 km1:29:39
European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Swedenbgcolor=gold1st20 km1:33:17
World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain11th20 km1:33:46
UniversiadePalma, Spain1st10 km44:22
2002World Race Walking CupTurin, Italy6th20 km1:30:05
Munich, Germany5th20 km1:29:57
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France5th20 km1:29:09
2004World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany12th20 km1:29:40
2005Helsinki, Finland8th20 km1:30:07
2006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain11th20 km1:29:46
European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden5th20 km1:29:27
2007Osaka, Japan6th20 km1:32:47
2008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia21st20 km1:33:19
2009European Race Walking CupMetz, France15th20 km1:39:10
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany23rd20 km1:36:09
2011European Race Walking CupOlhão, Portugal20 kmDQ
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea26th20 km1:36:55
2012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia12th20 km1:32:15
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom38th20 km1:33:56
2015European Race Walking CupMurcia, Spain26th20 km1:34:31
7thTeam - 20 km95 pts
Beijing, China24th20 km1:34:51

See also

External links


Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/gender=W/location=I/recordsType=WR/eventCatCode=/junior=N/area=/index.html IAAF statistics
  2. News: Anti-doping update . IAAF News . February 2001. 47 . 15 . POSITIVE CASES IN ATHLETICS, SANCTIONED DEFINITIVELY, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF 12th February 2001 .
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/1017438.stm Romanian walker receives doping ban