Gabriel Bitan Explained

Gabriel Bitan
Nationality:	Romanian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Long Jump
Birth Date:	23 July 1998
Pb:	Long jump outdoor: 8.11m (2021) Long jump indoor: 8.14m (2021)

Gabriel Bitan (born 23 July 1998) is a track and field athlete from Romania. He was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in the long jump.

Career

From Bucharest,^[1] Bitan won has won multiple Romanian national long jump titles, indoors and outdoors, since his first wins in both in 2019.^[2] He also won the 2021 and 2022 Balkan Athletics Championships.^[3] ^[4]

Competing at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland Bitan finished in eighth place in Torun.^[5]

Bitan won bronze at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, with a jump of eight metres.^[6] After the event he implied credit to his coach Anișoara Cușmir for giving him the advice to improve his jumpsand win the medal.^[7]

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Web site: Gabriel Bitan. World Athletics. March 5, 2023.
Web site: British 800m runners in winning form – overseas round-up. Jun 20, 2022. March 5, 2023. Athletics Weekly.
Web site: 74rd BALKAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. Balkan Athletics. June 30, 2021. March 5, 2023. 20 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220520181102/http://www.balkan-athletics.eu/results/Balkan%20Senior%20Champioinships/74th%20Balkan%20Senior%20Championships%202021%20Belgrade-Smederevo,%20SRB/Results%20BCH%202021.pdf. dead.
Web site: Gabriel Bitan, bronze medal in the long jump, at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul. sport.ro. March 5, 2023. March 5, 2023.
Web site: Gabriel Bitan won a bronze medal in the long jump at the European Indoor Championships. March 5, 2023. March 5, 2023. transtelex.ro.
Web site: Gabriel Bitan, the first words after bringing Romania a new medal at the European Indoor Athletics Championships! Bronze in the long jump for the 24-year-old athlete! "It means a lot to me". prosport.ro. March 5, 2023. March 5, 2023.