Claudia Ștef

Claudia Ștef, née Iovan (born 25 February 1978 in Craiova, Romania) is a Romanian women's professional race walker.

Claudia Ștef

Claudia Ștef during Romanian National Race-Walking Championship 20km, on 24 June 2011
Personal information
Born	(1978-02-25) 25 February 1978 (age 46)
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Romania
Sport	Athletics
Event	20km Race Walk

Ștef holds the world indoor record for 3000 metres track walk with 11:40.33 minutes, achieved in January 1999 in Bucharest.^[1]

Doping

She tested positive for nandrolone in an out-of-competition test on 20 May 2000 and received a two-year doping ban.^[2][3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Romania
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	3rd	5000 m	21:57.11
1997	World Race Walking Cup	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	34th	10 km	45:03
	European Junior Championships	Ljubljana, Slovenia	1st	5000 m	21:15.99
1998	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	3rd	10 km	43:12
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	12th	10 km	44:10
1999	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	6th	20 km	1:29:39
	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	20 km	1:33:17
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	11th	20 km	1:33:46
	Universiade	Palma, Spain	1st	10 km	44:22
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	6th	20 km	1:30:05
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	20 km	1:29:57
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	5th	20 km	1:29:09
2004	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	12th	20 km	1:29:40
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	8th	20 km	1:30:07
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	11th	20 km	1:29:46
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	20 km	1:29:27
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	6th	20 km	1:32:47
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	21st	20 km	1:33:19
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	15th	20 km	1:39:10
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	23rd	20 km	1:36:09
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	—	20 km	DQ
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	26th	20 km	1:36:55
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	12th	20 km	1:32:15
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	38th	20 km	1:33:56
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	26th	20 km	1:34:31
			7th	Team - 20 km	95 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	24th	20 km	1:34:51

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics

References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/gender=W/location=I/recordsType=WR/eventCatCode=/junior=N/area=/index.html IAAF statistics
2. "Anti-doping update". IAAF News. No. 47. February 2001. p. 15. POSITIVE CASES IN ATHLETICS, SANCTIONED DEFINITIVELY, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF 12th February 2001
3. Romanian walker receives doping ban, BBC 10 November 2000

External links

• Claudia Ștef at World Athletics