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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Mihaela Melinte is the 2,967th most popular athlete (up from 3,039th in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from Romania (up from 639th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Romanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mihaela Melinte ranks 2,967 out of 6,025Before her are Wayde van Niekerk, Brigitte Kraus, Robert Změlík, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Nikolaj Pešalov, and Stoyanka Kurbatova. After her are Torsten Gutsche, Luan Jujie, Erik Persson, Thomas Schmidt, Balázs Kiss, and Kusuma Wardhani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Mihaela Melinte ranks 506Before her are David Cañada, Despina Olympiou, Maja Lunde, Adam Nelson, Pablo Machín, and Ekaterini Thanou. After her are Juuso Pykälistö, Lamine Diatta, Anthony Parker, Drew Goddard, Kirill Käro, and José Luis Martí.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Mihaela Melinte ranks 637 out of 844Before 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 Adriana Bazon (1963).

Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Mihaela Melinte ranks 61Before her are Constanța Burcică (1971), Nastasia Ionescu (1954), Nicolae Țaga (1967), Florica Lavric (1962), Ioana Olteanu (1966), and Tecla Marinescu (1960). After her are Sorin Babii (1963), Adriana Bazon (1963), Éva Tófalvi (1978), Monika Weber-Koszto (1966), Cristieana Cojocaru (1962), and Viorica Susanu (1975).