Nuța Olaru Explained
Nuța Olaru (born August 28, 1970 in Orodel, Dolj) is a female long-distance runner originally from Romania, who became a naturalized United States citizen in November 2012. She specializes in the marathon race. She set her personal best (2:24:33) in the women's marathon in Chicago, IL on October 10, 2004.
She won the Big Sur Marathon in 2012, 2013 and 2014,[1] ran the 2013 Boston Marathon in 2:42:57 and the 2014 Boston Marathon in 2:37:29.
In April 2013, Olaru teamed up with the product development, ROLL Recovery, in Boulder, Colorado to help develop tools for runners.[2]
Achievements
| Representing |
|---|
| 1989 | World Cross Country Championships | Stavanger, Norway | 73rd | Junior race | 17:29 |
| European Junior Championships | Varaždin, Yugoslavia | 4th | 1500 metres | 4:14.82 |
| 1991 | | Nieuwegein, Netherlands | 16th | 15 kilometres | 50:13 |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Team competition | 23 pts |
| 1993 | | Buffalo, United States | 4th | Marathon | 2:43:22 |
| 1995 | | Fukuoka, Japan | 5th | Marathon | 3:03:28 |
| 1996 | World Half Marathon Championships | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 4th | Half Marathon | 1:11:07 |
| 1997 | | Athens, Greece | 30th | Marathon | 2:47:12 |
| World Half Marathon Championships | Košice, Slovakia | 5th | Half Marathon | 1:09:52 |
| 1998 | | Budapest, Hungary | 34th | Marathon | 2:42:44 |
| World Half Marathon Championships | Uster, Switzerland | – | Half Marathon | DNF |
| 2000 | Lille Half Marathon | Lille, France | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:11:08 |
| World Half Marathon Championships | Veracruz, Mexico | 41st | Half Marathon | 1:20:00 |
| 2001 | | Edmonton, Canada | 15th | Marathon | |
| World Half Marathon Championships | Bristol, United Kingdom | 11th | Half Marathon | 1:10:27 |
| 2002 | | Munich, Germany | - | Marathon | DNF |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 11th | Marathon | 2:28:24 |
| World Half Marathon Championships | Vilamoura, Portugal | 23rd | Half Marathon | 1:13:00 |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 13th | Marathon | 2:34:45 |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | - | Marathon | DNF |
| World Half Marathon Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 8th | Half marathon | 1:11:07 |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | - | Marathon | DNF |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 60th | Marathon | 3:00:59 |
| World Half Marathon Championships | Birmingham, England | 48th | Half marathon | 1:16:56 | |
Notes and References
- http://www.aimsworldrunning.org/results/2012_04.htm April 2012 AIMS Results
- Web site: About Us ROLL Recovery . www.rollrecovery.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121129231741/http://www.rollrecovery.com/about-us/ . 2012-11-29.
