- Doina Melinte
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Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for 
RomaniaOlympic Games Gold 1984 Los Angeles 800 m Silver 1984 Los Angeles 1500 m World Championships Bronze 1987 Rome 1500 m World Indoor Championships Gold 1985 Indianapolis 1500 m Gold 1987 Budapest 1500 m European Championships Bronze 1986 Stuttgart 1500 m European Indoor Championships Gold 1985 Pireaus 1500 m Gold 1988 Sportcsàrnok 1500 m Gold 1990 Glasgow 1500 m Summer Universiade Gold 1981 Bucharest 800 metres Doina Ofelia Melinte (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdojna meˈlinte]; born December 27, 1956 in Bacău, Bacău County) is a retired Romanian athlete.
She won gold medals over 1500 metres at the European Indoor Championships in 1985, 1988 and 1990, the latter race even being a European record time with 4:00.27. On the same day she set another new European record with 4:17.14 over the distance of 1 mile.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles she won a gold medal in 800 meters ahead of Kim Gallagher (silver) and countrywoman Fiţa Lovin (bronze) as well as the silver medal in 1500 meters behind Gabriella Dorio (gold) and ahead of another Romanian, Maricica Puică (Bronze).
She continued to win a 1500 m bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships, and a year later she set a new championship record with 4:05.68 at the 2nd World Indoor Championships and finished third at the outdoor World Championships. She defended her World Indoor title in 1989, winning in a championship record of 4:04.79.
External links
- IAAF profile for Doina Melinte
Olympic Champions in Women's 800 m 1928: Lina Radke (GER) · 1960: Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS) · 1964: Ann Packer (GBR) · 1968: Madeline Manning (USA) · 1972: Hildegard Falck (FRG) · 1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) · 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) · 1984: Doina Melinte (ROU) · 1988: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) · 1992: Ellen van Langen (NED) · 1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) · 2000: Maria Mutola (MOZ) · 2004: Kelly Holmes (GBR) · 2008: Pamela Jelimo (KEN)
World Indoor Champions in Women's 1500 m 1985: Elly van Hulst (NED) • 1987 – 1989: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1991: Lyudmila Rogachova (URS) • 1993: Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS) • 1995: Regina Jacobs (USA) • 1997: Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS) • 1999: Gabriela Szabo (ROM) • 2001: Hasna Benhassi (MAR) • 2003: Regina Jacobs (USA) • 2004: Kutre Dulecha (ETH) • 2006: Yuliya Fomenko (RUS) • 2008: Gelete Burka (ETH) • 2010: Kalkidan Gezahegne (ETH)
Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 800 m 1959: Nicole Goullieux (FRA) • 1961: Antje Gleichfeld (FRG) • 1963: Olga Kazi (HUN) • 1965: Laine Erik (URS) • 1967: Madeline Manning (USA) • 1970: Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) • 1973: Liyana Tomova (BUL) • 1975: Nina Morgunova (URS) • 1977: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1979: Nadezhda Mushta (URS) • 1981: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1983: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) • 1985: Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (URS) • 1987: Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) • 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1991: Inna Yevseyeva (URS) • 1993: Amy Wickus (USA) • 1995: Stella Jongmans (NED) • 1997: Irina Nedelenko (UKR) • 1999: Yuliya Taranova (RUS) • 2001: Brigita Langerholc (SLO) • 2003: Liliana Popescu (ROM) • 2005: Svetlana Klyuka (RUS) • 2007: Yuliya Krevsun (UKR) • 2009: Madeleine Pape (AUS) • 2011: Olha Zavhorodnya (UKR)
World Best Year Performance in Women's 800 m 1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) • 1977: Ileana Silai (ROM) • 1978: Tatyana Providokhina (URS) • 1979: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) • 1981: Lyudmila Veselkova (URS) • 1982: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) • 1984: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) • 1985: Ella Kovacs (ROM) • 1986: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1987: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) • 1988: Inna Yevseyeva and Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) • 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1990: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) • 1991: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1992: Ellen van Langen (NED) • 1993 – 1995: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1997: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1998: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 1999: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 2000–2001: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 2002: Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) • 2003: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 2004–2005: Tatyana Andrianova (RUS) • 2006–2007: Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) • 2008: Pamela Jelimo (KEN) • 2009: Caster Semenya (RSA) • 2010: Alysia Montaño (USA)
World Best Year Performance in Women's 1500 m 1970 – 1971: Karin Burneleit (GDR) • 1972: Lyudmila Bragina (URS) • 1973: Karin Krebs (GDR) • 1974: Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) • 1975: Nina Morgunova (URS) • 1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) • 1977: Natalia Mărăşescu (ROM) • 1978: Giana Romanova (URS) • 1979: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1980: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) • 1981 – 1982: Olga Dvirna (URS) • 1983: Mary Slaney (USA) • 1984: Nadezhda Ralldugina (URS) • 1985: Mary Slaney (USA) • 1986: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1987: Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS) • 1988 – 1989: Paula Ivan (ROU) • 1990: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1991: Natalya Artyomova (RUS) • 1992: Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) • 1993: Qu Yunxia (CHN) • 1994 – 1995: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) • 1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1997: Jiang Bo (CHN) • 1998: Gabriela Szabo (ROM) • 1999: Violeta Szekely (ROM) • 2000: Suzy Favor-Hamilton (USA) • 2001: Violeta Szekely (ROM) • 2002 – 2003: Süreyya Ayhan (TUR) • 2004: Kelly Holmes (GBR) • 2005: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) • 2006: Yuliya Fomenko (RUS) • 2007 – 2009: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) • 2010: Anna Alminova (RUS)
Categories:- 1956 births
- Living people
- Romanian middle distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Romania
- Olympic gold medalists for Romania
- Olympic silver medalists for Romania
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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