Alina Astafei
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 Astafei in 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Romanian, German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1969 Bucharest, Romania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | USC Mainz (–1997) MTG Mannheim (1998–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Constantin Dumitrescu[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 2.04 m (1995)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alina Astafei (known before 1995 as Galina Astafei; born 7 June 1969) is a Romanian-German track and field athlete who attained German citizenship in 1995. She was one of the world's leading high jumpers in the 1990s. Representing Romania, she became the 1992 Olympic silver medallist, while representing Germany, she won a silver medal at the 1995 World Championship and the 1995 world indoor title.[2]
Career
[edit]Astafei won the 1987 European Junior title and cleared 2.00 metres to win the 1988 World Junior title. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, she finished equal fifth in the final with 1.93 metres. Her biggest success for her native Romania was when winning the silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, where she cleared 2.00 m.[1]
On 9 January 1995, Astafei left the Romania track and field association and attained German citizenship on 1 March 1995. She won the 1995 World indoor title in Barcelona with a clearance of 2.01 m, before going on to clear 1.99 m to win the silver medal at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, behind Stefka Kostadinova. At her third Olympic Games in 1996, she finished equal fifth with 1.96 m. Her outdoor personal best of 2.01 metres was set in 1995, while she set her indoor best of 2.04 m, earlier the same year.[3]
She became German champion in 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2001 as well as German indoor champion in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998. She represented the clubs USC Mainz and MTG Mannheim.[4][5]
Achievements
[edit]In the list the results until 1994 for Romania.
- 1986, Junior World championship: 2nd place (1.90 m)
- 1987, Junior European championship: 1st place (1.88 m)
- 1988, Olympic Games: 5th place (1.93m); Junior World championship: 1st place (2.00 m)
- 1989, World Cup final: 3rd place (1.94 m); Europa Cup final: 1st place (2.00 m)
- 1992, Olympic Games: 2nd place (2.00 m); World Cup final: 2nd place (1.91 m)
- 1993, World championship: 4th place (1.94 m); Europa Cup final: 1st place (2.00 m)
- 1995, World championship: 2nd place (1.99 m); Europa Cup final: 1st place (2.00 m)
- 1996, Olympic Games : 5th place (1.96m); Europa Cup final: 1st place (1.98 m)
- 1997, World championship: 3rd place (1.95 m)
- 1998, European championship: 3rd place (1.95 m); World Cup final: 6th place (1.90 m); Europa Cup final: 2nd place (1.95 m)
- 2001, Europa Cup final: 1st place (1.89 m)
Personal life
[edit]Astafei’s father is the former Romanian pole vaulter Petre Astafei Sr. Her brother Petre Jr. was a rugby player; he died aged 22 during the 1989 Romanian Revolution. Astafei was married to the Romanian national volleyball player Alin Stavariu, but they divorced before 1995. On 1 March 1995 she obtained German citizenship and later changed her name from Galina to Alina. In Germany she married high jumper Wolfgang Kreißig. She has four children, three with Kreißig and one from the previous marriage.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alina Astafei". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b Galina Astafei. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ a b Alina Astafei at World Athletics
- ^ "German championships medalists, women's high jump". Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "German indoor championships medalists, women's high jump". Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
External links
[edit]- Alina Astafei at World Athletics
- Alina Astafei at Olympedia (archive)
- Galina Astafei at Olympics.com
- Galina Astafei at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (archive)
World indoor champions in women's high jump | |
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World University Games champions in women's high jump | |
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Bucharest
- Romanian female high jumpers
- Romanian emigrants to Germany
- German female high jumpers
- Naturalised athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Romania
- Olympic silver medalists for Romania
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania
- USC Mainz athletes
- MTG Mannheim athletes
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century German sportswomen
- 20th-century Romanian sportswomen