Alina Rotaru-Kottmann
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2016: 18th (q) 2020: 17th (q) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (born 5 June 1993) is a
2023 World Championships
in the long jump event.
At the 2009 World Youth Championships she won the silver medal in long jump and finished fourth in the high jump. She was knocked out in the qualification at the 2010 World Junior Championships,[3] but won the silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
She finished fifth at the 2012 World Junior Championships,[3] fourth at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie and seventh at the 2014 European Championships. She also competed at the 2012 European Championships and the 2013 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.
Her personal best jump is 6.96 metres, achieved in Inneringen in July 2023.[3]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Romania
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| 2009 | World Junior Championships | Brixen, Italy
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4th | High jump | 1.82 m |
| 2nd | Long jump | 6.09 m | |||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | Tampere, Finland
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5th | High jump | 1.79 m | |
| 2nd | Long jump | 6.24 m | |||
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada
|
19th (q) | Long jump | 5.27 m |
| Youth Olympic Games | Singapore | 2nd | Long jump | 6.38 m | |
| 2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia
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2nd | Long jump | 6.36 m |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland
|
20th (q) | Long jump | 6.19 m |
| World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain
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5th | Long jump | 6.52 m | |
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden
|
11th (q) | Long jump | 6.39 m |
| European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland
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5th | Long jump | 6.47 m | |
| Jeux de la Francophonie | Nice, France
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4th | Long jump | 6.57 m (w) | |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland
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7th | Long jump | 6.55 m |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic
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4th | Long jump | 6.74 m |
| European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia
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3rd | Long jump | 6.69 m | |
| World Championships | Beijing, China
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15th (q) | Long jump | 6.58 m | |
| Military World Games | Mungyeong, South Korea
|
3rd | High jump | 1.80 m | |
| 3rd | Long jump | 6.33 m | |||
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 10th | Long jump | 6.45 m |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
18th (q) | Long jump | 6.40 m | |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom
|
12th | Long jump | 6.46 m |
| Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan
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1st | Long jump | 6.65 m | |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom
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9th | Long jump | 6.41 m |
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany
|
15th (q) | Long jump | 6.55 m | |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom
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5th | Long jump | 6.64 m |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar
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6th | Long jump | 6.71 m | |
| 2021 | European Championships | Toruń, Poland
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10th (q) | Long jump | 6.53 m |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan
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17th (q) | Long jump | 6.51 m | |
| 2022 | European Championships | Munich, Germany
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11th | Long jump | 6.26 m |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey
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5th | Long jump | 6.62 m |
World Championships
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Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Long jump | 6.88 m | |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom
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8th | Long jump | 6.46 m |
References
- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alina Rotaru". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ 2017 Universiade bio
- ^ a b c Alina Rotaru-Kottmann at World Athletics
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alina Rotaru-Kottmann.
- Alina Rotaru-Kottmann at Olympics.com
- Alina Rotaru-Kottmann at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (English translation)
- Alina Rotaru-Kottmann at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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