Natalia Marasescu

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Natalia Marasescu, née Andrei (born 3 October 1952) is a retired Romanian middle distance runner who specialized mainly in the 1500 metres.

Marasescu set two world records over the mile; 4:23.8 minutes on 21 May 1977 in Bucharest, and 4:22.09 minutes on 27 January 1979 in Auckland. The record was broken by Mary Slaney won ran in 4:21.68 minutes a year later in the same city. The current record is 4:12.56. [1] She briefly held the record in 5000 metres, with 15:41.4 minutes. This record lasted less than four months before broken by Jan Merrill. [2]

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1975	European Indoor Championships	Katowice, Poland	1st	1500 m
1976	European Indoor Championships	Munich, West Germany	2nd	1500 m
1977	Universiade	Sofia, Bulgaria	2nd	1500 m
1978	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	2nd	1500 m
	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia	2nd	1500 m
	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia	2nd	3000 m
1979	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	1st	1500 m
	Universiade	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	1500 m

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tatyana Kazankina	Women's 1.500m Best Year Performance 1977	Succeeded by Gyana Romanova