Constantina Diță
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Constantina Diță (formerly Constantina Diță-Tomescu[1] born on January 23, 1970, in Turburea, Gorj County), is a Romanian long-distance runner, who specializes mainly in the half marathon and marathon. She was the marathon gold medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, having previously won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. She also represented her country at the Olympics in 2000 and 2004.
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Nationality | Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1970-01-23) January 23, 1970 (age 54) Turburea, Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CS Pandurii Tg. Jiu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She has a marathon best of 2:21:30 hours. She was the champion at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships – the first Romanian to win that honour. She was the 2004 Chicago Marathon winner.