 Olărașu in 2024 | |||||||||
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| Born | (2000-05-28) 28 May 2000 (age 24) Mingir, Moldova | ||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Country | Moldova | ||||||||
| Sport | Canoe | ||||||||
| Coached by | Viktor Reneysky | ||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Olărașu (born 28 May 2000) is a Moldovan sprint canoeist. She competed solo and with Daniela Cociu at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
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. 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. 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.
Major results
Olympic Games
| Year | C-1 200 | C-2 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 QF | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 QF | 7 |
World championships
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- "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. 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
- Maria Olărașu at the International Canoe Federation
- Maria Olărașu at Olympics.com
- Maria Olărașu at Olympedia
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