Key facts
- Born
- ( 1963-07-20 ) 20 July 1963 (age 62) , Herăști , Romania
- Height
- 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
- Weight
- 57 kg (126 lb)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- 800–5000 m
- Club
- CS Olimpia București
- Coached by
- Ion Puica
- Personal best s
- 800 m – 1:56.42 (1988), 1500 m – 3:53.96 (1988), 3000 m – 8:27.15 (1988), 5000 m – 15:31.22 (1989)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paula
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Romania
- Place of birth
- Herăști
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- Romanian
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Romania
- Mass
- 57
- Image
- Paula Ivan.jpg
- Height
- 170
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- date of birth
- 1963-07-20
- Commons category
- Paula Ivan
- name in native language
- Paula Ivan
- sports discipline competed in
- middle-distance running
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Encyclopedic overview
Paula Ivan, née Paula Ionescu, (20 July 1963), later known as Paula Ilie, is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner.
Born in Herăști, Giurgiu County, she graduated from the Gheorghe Șincai High School in Bucharest in 1982. In 1987, Ivan won gold medals in the 1500 m and 3000 m at the 1987 Summer Universiade. Later the same year at the World Championships she did not advance past the heats of the same events. In July 1988 she won the 800 m and 1500 m events at the Balkan Games, setting her all-times personal best over 800 m. On 27 July at Verona Ivan broke the 4-minute barrier over 1500 m, clocking 3:58.80. She improved to 3:56.22 in Zurich on 17 August. At the 1988 Summer Olympics she won a silver medal in her first event, 3000 m, followed by a gold in the 1500 m. Her winning time, 3:53.96 was the Olympic record until 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paula Ivan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.