| Nationality: | Romanian |
| Headercolor: | lightsteelblue |
| Spouse: | Costel Grasu |
| Birth Name: | Lenuța Nicoleta Grădinaru |
| Fullname: | Lenuța Nicoleta Grasu |
| Birth Date: | 11 September 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Secuieni, Romania |
| Weight: | 100kg (200lb) |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Discus |
| Pb: | 68.80 m (1999) |
| Updated: | 14 August 2012 |
Lenuţa Nicoleta Grasu is a retired Romanian discus thrower. She was born on 11 September 1971 in Secuieni as Nicoleta Grădinaru, but took a new surname when she married fellow discus thrower Costel Grasu.
Grasu is best known for winning medals at the 1999 and 2001 World Championships. A few years followed without any international medals, but she did finish sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and fifth at the 2005 World Championships. In 2006, she returned to the medal podium with a bronze at the European Championships.
Her personal best throw is 68.80 metres, achieved in August 1999 in Poiana Braşov.
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 6th | 53.10 m | ||
| 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | 13th (q) | 60.62 m | ||
| 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany | 7th | 62.10 m | ||
| 1994 | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | 63.64 m | ||
| Bondoufle, France | 1st | 60.80 m | |||
| 1996 | Atlanta, United States | 7th | 63.28 m | ||
| IAAF Grand Prix Final | Milan, Italy | 3rd | 63.64 m | ||
| 1997 | Athens, Greece | 10th | 60.14 m | ||
| Catania, Italy | 3rd | 60.08 m | |||
| 1998 | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | 65.94 m | ||
| 1999 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 1st | 65.21 m | ||
| Sevilla, Spain | 3rd | 65.35 m | |||
| 2000 | Sydney, Australia | 19th (q) | 58.87 m | ||
| 2001 | Ottawa, Canada | 1st | 64.53 m | ||
| Edmonton, Canada | 2nd | 66.24 m | |||
| 2004 | Athens, Greece | 5th | 64.92 m | ||
| 2005 | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 62.05 m | ||
| Monte Carlo, Monaco | 5th | 58.25 m | |||
| 2006 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 3rd | 63.58 m | ||
| Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | 62.32 m | |||
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 3rd | 63.40 m | |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 12th | 58.63 m | |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 3rd | 65.20 m | |
| 2010 | Arles, France | 3rd | 59.92 m | ||
| Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | 63.48 m | |||
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 8th | 62.08 m | |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 14th (q) | 61.86 m | |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 22nd (q) | 56.31 m | |
Nicoleta and Costel's child Ștefan Grasu is a professional basketball player.