Luminita Zaituc
{{short description|German long-distance runner}}
Luminita Zaituc-Zelaskowski (originally Luminița Zaițuc; born October 9, 1968, in Bucharest) is a retired German long-distance runner of Romanian descent. She has lived in Germany since 1990, and, since 1996, she has been a German citizen.
Career
Zaituc represented her new country in the women's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in 18th position (2:36:45). Two years earlier, she won the silver medal in the same event at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics. At the national stage, she represented the sports club LG Braunschweig.[http://www.laufteam-braunschweig.net/#!ehemalige/c163r Ehemalige Laufteam-Größen (in German)]
She won the Berlin Half Marathon in 2005.
In 2009, Luminita Zaituc put a stop to her athletics career, after having finished in tenth place in the Frankfurt Marathon.
Achievements
- All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{ROM}} |
|---|
| 1986
|5th |4 × 400 m relay |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}} |
| 2001
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:26:01 |
| 2002
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Marathon |
| 2003
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:29:41 |
| 2004
|18th |Marathon |
| 2006
|— |Marathon |DNF |
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics||name=Luminita Zaituc}}
- {{in lang|de}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060430212221/http://www.bergfieber.de/laufen/toplaeufer/zaituc.htm Profile Luminita Zaituc]
- {{in lang|de}} [http://www.leichtathletik.de/index.asp?pg=http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/athleten_portrait.asp?ID=707 Profile Luminita Zaituc]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Athletes from Bucharest
Category:Romanian female long-distance runners
Category:Romanian female marathon runners
Category:German female long-distance runners
Category:German female marathon runners
Category:German national athletics champions
Category:LG Braunschweig athletes
Category:Olympic athletes for Germany
Category:German people of Romanian descent
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Frankfurt Marathon female winners
Category:20th-century German sportswomen