Misplaced Pages

Alina Rotaru-Kottmann

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Romanian long jumper (born 1993)
Alina Rotaru-Kottmann
Alina Rotaru in 2015
Personal information
Birth nameAlina Rotaru
NationalityRomanian
Born (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 31)
Bucharest, Romania
EducationOvidius University
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country Romania
SportAthletics
EventLong jump
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2016: 18th (q)
2020: 17th (q)
Personal best
  • 6.96 m
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest Long jump
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Long jump
Rotaru-Kottmann, 2022

Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (born 5 June 1993) is a Romanian long jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships in the long jump event.

At the 2009 World Youth Championships she won the silver medal in long jump and finished fourth in the high jump. She was knocked out in the qualification at the 2010 World Junior Championships, but won the silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

She finished fifth at the 2012 World Junior Championships, fourth at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie and seventh at the 2014 European Championships. She also competed at the 2012 European Championships and the 2013 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.

Her personal best jump is 6.96 metres, achieved in Inneringen in July 2023.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Romania
2009 World Junior Championships Brixen, Italy 4th High jump 1.82 m
2nd Long jump 6.09 m
European Youth Olympic Festival Tampere, Finland 5th High jump 1.79 m
2nd Long jump 6.24 m
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 19th (q) Long jump 5.27 m
Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2nd Long jump 6.38 m
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 2nd Long jump 6.36 m
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 20th (q) Long jump 6.19 m
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th Long jump 6.52 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 11th (q) Long jump 6.39 m
European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 5th Long jump 6.47 m
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 4th Long jump 6.57 m (w)
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 7th Long jump 6.55 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 4th Long jump 6.74 m
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 3rd Long jump 6.69 m
World Championships Beijing, China 15th (q) Long jump 6.58 m
Military World Games Mungyeong, South Korea 3rd High jump 1.80 m
3rd Long jump 6.33 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 10th Long jump 6.45 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 18th (q) Long jump 6.40 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 12th Long jump 6.46 m
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 1st Long jump 6.65 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 9th Long jump 6.41 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 15th (q) Long jump 6.55 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th Long jump 6.64 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 6th Long jump 6.71 m
2021 European Championships Toruń, Poland 10th (q) Long jump 6.53 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 17th (q) Long jump 6.51 m
2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 11th Long jump 6.26 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 5th Long jump 6.62 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Long jump 6.88 m
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 8th Long jump 6.46 m
European Championships Rome, Italy 9th Long jump 6.68 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 7th Long jump 6.67 m

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alina Rotaru". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. 2017 Universiade bio
  3. ^ Alina Rotaru-Kottmann at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata

External links

World University Games champions in women's long jump


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to Romanian athletics is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: