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]

Marian Oprea

Marian Oprea in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1982-06-06) 6 June 1982 (age 40) Pitești, Romania
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Triple jump
Club	Rapid București CSM Arad
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games 2004 Athens Triple jump World Championships 2005 Helsinki Triple jump World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot Triple jump European Championships 2010 Barcelona Triple jump 2006 Gothenburg Triple jump European Indoor Championships 2002 Vienna Triple jump 2011 Paris Triple jump 2015 Prague Triple jump Continental Cup 2010 Split Triple jump

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Romania
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	15.70 m
	European Junior Championships	Riga, Latvia	3rd	15.98 m
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	1st	16.41 m
2001	European Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	16.65 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	13th (q)	16.62 m
	Universiade	Beijing, China	2nd	17.11 m
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	2nd	17.22 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	14th (q)	16.47 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	8th	16.59 m
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd	17.28 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	17th (q)	16.55 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	17.19 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	2nd	17.55 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	17.40 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	4th	17.34 m
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	17.18 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	5th	17.22 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	17.51 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	17.62 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	15th (q)	16.61 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	11th (q)	16.58 m
	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
	European Championships	Zurich, Switzerland	5th	16.94 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	3rd	16.91 m
	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

References

External links

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