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(Redirected from Nuţa Olaru) Romanian long-distance runner
Nuţa Olaru at LA Marathon on May 25, 2009

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, 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.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Romania
1989 World Cross Country Championships Stavanger, Norway 73rd Junior race 17:29
European Junior Championships Varaždin, Yugoslavia 4th 1500 metres 4:14.82
1991 World Women's Road Race Championships Nieuwegein, Netherlands 16th 15 kilometres 50:13
2nd Team competition 23 pts
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 4th Marathon 2:43:22
1995 Universiade Fukuoka, Japan 5th Marathon 3:03:28
1996 World Half Marathon Championships Palma de Mallorca, Spain 4th Half Marathon 1:11:07
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 30th Marathon 2:47:12
World Half Marathon Championships Košice, Slovakia 5th Half Marathon 1:09:52
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 34th Marathon 2:42:44
World Half Marathon Championships Uster, Switzerland – Half Marathon DNF
2000 Lille Half Marathon Lille, France 1st Half Marathon 1:11:08
World Half Marathon Championships Veracruz, Mexico 41st Half Marathon 1:20:00
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 15th Marathon 2:33:05
World Half Marathon Championships Bristol, United Kingdom 11th Half Marathon 1:10:27
2002 European Championships 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

References

  1. April 2012 AIMS Results Archived 2012-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. AIMS. Retrieved on 2012-05-03.
  2. "About Us | ROLL Recovery". www.rollrecovery.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-29.


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