Marian Oprea Explained

Marian Oprea (born 6 June 1982) is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best is 17.81 meters.^[1]

Oprea was born in Piteşti. He took his first major medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, winning the gold with a jump of 16.41 m. Oprea won the bronze medal in the triple jump at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki and also at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

He suffered a serious knee injury (tendonitis) and missed the 2009 World Championships in Athletics as a result.^[2] He opted to undergo major surgery and brought an end to a two-year-long injury hiatus with a jump of 16.88 m in May 2010.^[3] He proved himself to return to peak fitness with a silver medal performance at the 2010 European Athletics Championships (jumping 17.51 m) and then taking the gold medal at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup later that season.

Achievements

Representing
1999		Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	15.70 m
1999		Riga, Latvia	3rd	15.98 m
2000		Santiago, Chile	bgcolor=gold	1st	16.41 m
2001		Grosseto, Italy	bgcolor=gold	1st	16.65 m
		Edmonton, Canada	13th (q)	16.62 m
		Beijing, China	bgcolor=silver	2nd	17.11 m
2002		Vienna, Austria	bgcolor=silver	2nd	17.22 m
2002		Munich, Germany	14th (q)	16.47 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	8th	16.59 m
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	bgcolor=silver	2nd	17.28 m
		Paris, France	17th (q)	16.55 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	17.19 m
2004		Athens, Greece	bgcolor=silver	2nd	17.55 m
2005		Helsinki, Finland	3rd	17.40 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	4th	17.34 m
2006		Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	17.18 m
2008		Beijing, China	5th	17.22 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	bgcolor=silver	2nd	17.51 m
2011		Paris, France	3rd	17.62 m
2011		Daegu, South Korea	15th (q)	16.61 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	11th (q)	16.58 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	19th (q)	16.17 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	6th	16.82 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	3rd	17.21 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	5th	16.94 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	3rd	16.91 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	6th	17.06 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	10th	16.27 m
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	27th (q)	15.40 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	–	NM
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	21st (q)	15.93 m