Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu

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Constantina Diṭă
Nationality	Romanian
Born	Jan. 23, 1970 at Turburea, Romania
Current Residence	Boulder, Colorado, United States

Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu (born Constantina Diṭă ^[1] on 23 January 1970 in Turburea, Gorj County), is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the half marathon and marathon. She won the women's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in 2 hours, 26 minutes and 44 seconds. At 38 years of age, she became the oldest Olympic marathon champion in history. Previously the oldest man to win an Olympic marathon was age 37 and the oldest woman was age 30. She lives and trains at altitude in Boulder, Colorado, and is married to her coach, Valeriu Tomescu. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Contents 1 Achievements 1.1 Personal bests 2 References 3 External links

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1999	World Half Marathon Championships	Palermo, Italy	12th	Half marathon
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	10th	Marathon
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	7th	10,000 m
2003	World Half Marathon Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	5th	Half marathon
2004	World Half Marathon Championships	New Delhi, India	3rd	Half marathon
	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	1st	Marathon, 2:21:30 PB
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	Marathon
	World Half Marathon Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st	Half marathon
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	11th	10,000 m, 31:49.47 PB
	World Road Running Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	2nd	20 km
2007	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	3rd	Marathon, 2:23.55
2008	2008 Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	1st	Marathon, 2:26:44 SB

Personal bests

• 5000 metres - 15:28.91 min (2000)
• 10,000 metres - 31:49.47 min (2006)
• Half marathon - 1:08:10 hrs (2002)
• Marathon - 2:21:30 hrs (2005)

References

1. ↑ [1]worldmarathonmajors.com, accessed 8/17/2008
2. ↑ Marathon Drama Left for Silver as Romanian Runs Away With Gold New York Times, accessed 08/17/2008
3. ↑ Tomescu improving with age like fine wine guardian.co.uk, accessed 08/17/08
4. ↑ Romanian runs away with marathon Toronto Star, accessed 08/17/2008

External links

IAAF profile for Constantina Tomescu

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's marathon 1984: Joan Benoit Samuelson • 1988: Rosa Mota • 1992: Valentina Yegorova • 1996: Fatuma Roba • 2000: Naoko Takahashi • 2004: Mizuki Noguchi • 2008: Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu