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Mihaela Melinte

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Mihaela Melinte (born 27 March 1975 in Bacău) is a Romanian hammer thrower. She holds the world junior record, and with 76.07 metres she held the world record until Tatyana Lysenko beat it in July 2005. The twelve-time Romanian national champion, Melinte is also a former European and World champion, but has never participated in the Olympics. She failed a drugs test at the Notturna di Milano meeting in 2000 (ruling her out of the 2000 Sydney Olympics) and she was banned from the sport for two years for taking nandrolone (an anabolic steroid). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Mihaela Melinte is the 2,965th most popular athlete (up from 2,996th in 2024), the 652nd most popular biography from Romania (down from 639th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Romanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mihaela Melinte ranks 2,965 out of 6,025. Before her are Brigitte Kraus, Robert Změlík, Mykola Milchev, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Nikolaj Pešalov, and Stoyanka Kurbatova. After her are Martina Walther, Torsten Gutsche, Luan Jujie, Erik Persson, Thomas Schmidt, and Balázs Kiss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Mihaela Melinte ranks 535. Before her are Maja Lunde, Adam Nelson, Pablo Machín, Yū Asakawa, Ekaterini Thanou, and Gianni Guigou. After her are Juuso Pykälistö, Lamine Diatta, Anthony Parker, Drew Goddard, Xavier Gens, and Kirill Käro.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Mihaela Melinte ranks 652 out of 844. Before her are Dan Stanca (1956), Tecla Marinescu (1960), Liviu Ciobotariu (1971), Gheorghe Mihali (1965), Cătălin Hîldan (1976), and Cristina Neagu (1988). After her are Corina Crețu (1967), Anamaria Vartolomei (1999), Sorin Babii (1963), Ruxandra Dragomir (1972), Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (1967), and Doina Șnep-Bălan (1963).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Mihaela Melinte ranks 64. Before her are Nastasia Ionescu (1954), Veronica Cochela (1965), Nicolae Țaga (1967), Florica Lavric (1962), Ioana Olteanu (1966), and Tecla Marinescu (1960). After her are Sorin Babii (1963), Doina Șnep-Bălan (1963), Adriana Bazon (1963), Éva Tófalvi (1978), Monika Weber-Koszto (1966), and Liliana Năstase (1962).

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