Maria Olărașu
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| Born | 28 May 2000[1] Mingir, Moldova | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Moldova | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Viktor Reneysky | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Olărașu (born 28 May 2000)[2] is a Moldovan sprint canoeist. She competed solo and with Daniela Cociu at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]Olărașu and Cociu qualified for the 2020 Olympics by winning the women's C-2 500 meters at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.[3] At the Olympic Women's C-2 500 metres in August 2021, they placed seventh. In the Women's C-1 200 metres, Olărașu placed seventh in the quarterfinals and did not advance to the semifinals.
At the 2023 European Games in Kraków and Małopolska, Olărașu placed fourth in the Women's C-1 500 metres.[4] Olărașu and Mihai Chihaia placed fifth in the Mixed C-2 200 metres and Olărașu and Cociu placed fourth in the Women's C-2 500 metres.
Olărașu and Cociu came in 7th in the Women's C-2 500 metres at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany, qualifying for the 2024 Olympics.[5]
Major results
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]| Year | C-1 200 | C-2 500 |
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| 2020 | 7 QF | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 QF | 7 |
World championships
[edit]| Year | C-1 200 | C-1 500 | C-1 1000 | С-1 5000 | C-2 200 | C-2 500 | C-4 500 | XC-2 500 | XC-4 500 |
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| 2017 | 7 H | — | — | — | — | 8 H | — | — | — |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 9 FB | — | — | — | |||
| 2019 | — | 8 | 4 FB | — | — | — | |||
| 2021 | — | 4 | 9 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 7 | DNF | 6 | 7 | — | ||||
| 2023 | 4 | 7 | 8 | — | |||||
| 2024 | — | 9 | 
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— | — | 4 | 6 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Canoe Sprint - OLARASU Maria". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Maria Olarasu | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Tears flow as Olympic quotas decided in Szeged". International Canoe Federation. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "MIRS App". results.european-games.org. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Daniela Cociu și Maria Olărașu, calificare la Jocurile Olimpice de la Paris" (in Romanian). 26 August 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Maria Olărașu at the International Canoe Federation
- Maria Olărașu at Olympics.com
- Maria Olărașu at Olympedia
- Maria Olărașu at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Maria Olărașu | Paris 2024 at Team Moldova (in Romanian)
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