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Maricica Puică

Personal information

Born

(1950-07-29) 29 July 1950 (age 74)

Medal record

Women's Athletics

Representing Romania
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	3000 m
	1984 Los Angeles	1500 m
World Championships
	1987 Rome	3000 m
World Indoor Championships
	1987 Indianapolis	3000 m
World Cross-Country Championships
	1982 Rome	Women's race
	1984 East Rutherford	Women's race
	1978 Glasgow	Women's race
European Championships
	1982 Athens	3000 m
	1986 Stuttgart	3000 m

Maricica Puică (née Luca, born 29 July 1950) is a Romanian former middle-distancerunner. She is the 1984 Olympic champion in the 3000 metres. One of the greatest female middle-distance runners of the 1980s, she also twice won the World Cross Country Championship (1982, 1984) and broke the world record for the mile in 1982.

Career

Puicǎ was born in Iasi, Romania and competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where she finished seventh in the 1500 m final. In 1978, she had finished fourth in the 3000 m final at the European Championships.

In March 1982, she won the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. In August, she won a silver medal in the 3000 m at the European Championships behind Svetlana Ulmasova. She also finished fourth in the 1500 m final. A month later in September, she broke Mary Decker's world mile record of 4:18.08 with 4:17.44 in Rieti.

Puicǎ missed the 1983 World Championships due to injury, but returned in early 1984 to win her second World Cross Country Championship title. Then in the Summer, she won the inaugural 3000 m title at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, a race also remembered for the collision of Mary Decker and Zola Budd. At those Games, she also won a bronze medal in the 1500 m final behind Italy's Gabriella Dorio and Romanian team-mate Doina Melinte.

In July 1986, at the London Grand Prix, she broke Tatyana Kazankina'a world 2000 m record of 5:28.72, with a time of 5:28.69. At the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, she won a silver medal in the 3000 m, behind Olga Bondarenko. She was also fifth in the 1500 m final. 1987 began with her winning a bronze medal in the 3000 m at the World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, finishing behind the Soviet pair of Tatyana Samolenko and Bondarenko. Later that year, aged 37, she won a silver medal in the 3000 m at the World Championships in Rome, again behind Samolenko.

Puica competed at her fourth and final Olympic Games in Seoul 1988, where she dropped out of her 3000 m heat with just 200 metres to go.

In 1989, she spoke on Romanian television in support of the revolutionaries fighting against the regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Romania
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	heats	1500 m	4:12.62
1978	World Cross Country Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	3rd
1978	European Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	4th	3000 m	8:40.9
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Russia	7th	1500 m	4:01.26
1981	World Cup	Rome, Italy	2nd	3000 m	8:55.80
1982	World Cross Country Championships	Rome, Italy	1st
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	1500 m	3:59.31
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	3000 m	8:33.33
1984	World Cross Country Championships	New York, United States	1st
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	3rd	1500 m	4:04.15
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	1st	3000 m	8:38.96
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	5th	1500 m	4:03.90
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	3000 m	8:35.92
1987	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	3rd	3000 m	8:47.92
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	2nd	3000 m	8:39.45
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	heats	3000 m	DNF
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	3rd	3000 m	9:15.49

References

http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/maricica-puica-1.html Sports Reference

External links

Maricica Puică at World Athletics

Sporting positions
Preceded by Yelena Sipatova	Women's 3000 m Best Year Performance 1981	Succeeded by Svetlana Ulmasova

v t e Olympic champions in women's 3000 metres and 5000 metres
3000 m	1984: Maricica Puică (ROU) 1988: Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (URS) 1992: Yelena Romanova (EUN)
5000 m	1996: Wang Junxia (CHN) 2000: Gabriela Szabo (ROU) 2004: Meseret Defar (ETH) 2008: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 2012: Meseret Defar (ETH) 2016: Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 2020: Sifan Hassan (NED) 2024: Beatrice Chebet (KEN)
Note: In 1996, the 3000 m was replaced by the 5000 m.

v t e World Athletics Senior Women's World Cross Country champions
Short course	1998: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 1999: Jackline Maranga (KEN) 2000: Kutre Dulecha (ETH) 2001: Gete Wami (ETH) 2002–2004: Edith Masai (KEN) 2005: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 2006: Gelete Burka (ETH)
Long course	1973–1974: Paola Pigni (ITA) 1975: Julie Brown (USA) 1976–1977: Carmen Valero (ESP) 1978–1981: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1982: Maricica Puică (ROM) 1983: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1984: Maricica Puică (ROM) 1985–1986: Zola Budd (GBR) 1987: Annette Sergent (FRA) 1988: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1989: Annette Sergent (FRA) 1990–1992: Lynn Jennings (USA) 1993: Albertina Dias (POR) 1994: Hellen Chepngeno (KEN) 1995: Derartu Tulu (ETH) 1996: Gete Wami (ETH) 1997: Derartu Tulu (ETH) 1998: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 1999: Gete Wami (ETH) 2000: Derartu Tulu (ETH) 2001–2002: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2003: Werknesh Kidane (ETH) 2004: Benita Johnson (AUS) 2005–2006: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 2007: Lornah Kiplagat (NED) 2008: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 2009: Florence Kiplagat (KEN) 2010: Emily Chebet (KEN) 2011: Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 2013: Emily Chebet (KEN) 2015: Agnes Tirop (KEN) 2017: Irene Cheptai (KEN) 2019: Hellen Obiri (KEN) 2023: Beatrice Chebet (KEN)

World Athletics Senior Women's World Cross Country champions

Short course

1998: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
1999: Jackline Maranga (KEN)
2000: Kutre Dulecha (ETH)
2001: Gete Wami (ETH)
2002–2004: Edith Masai (KEN)
2005: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
2006: Gelete Burka (ETH)

Long course

1973–1974: Paola Pigni (ITA)
1975: Julie Brown (USA)
1976–1977: Carmen Valero (ESP)
1978–1981: Grete Waitz (NOR)
1982: Maricica Puică (ROM)
1983: Grete Waitz (NOR)
1984: Maricica Puică (ROM)
1985–1986: Zola Budd (GBR)
1987: Annette Sergent (FRA)
1988: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1989: Annette Sergent (FRA)
1990–1992: Lynn Jennings (USA)
1993: Albertina Dias (POR)
1994: Hellen Chepngeno (KEN)
1995: Derartu Tulu (ETH)
1996: Gete Wami (ETH)
1997: Derartu Tulu (ETH)
1998: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
1999: Gete Wami (ETH)
2000: Derartu Tulu (ETH)
2001–2002: Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2003: Werknesh Kidane (ETH)
2004: Benita Johnson (AUS)
2005–2006: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
2007: Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
2008: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
2009: Florence Kiplagat (KEN)
2010: Emily Chebet (KEN)
2011: Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)
2013: Emily Chebet (KEN)
2015: Agnes Tirop (KEN)
2017: Irene Cheptai (KEN)
2019: Hellen Obiri (KEN)
2023: Beatrice Chebet (KEN)

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