Roxana Bârcă

Roxana Bîrcă

Personal information
Full name	Roxana Elisabeta Bîrcă
Born	22 June 1988 Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	46 kg (101 lb) (2013)
Sport
Country	Romania
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	5000 m
College team	Spiru Haret University

Roxana Elisabeta Bîrcă (born June 22, 1988 in Bucharest) is a Romanian long-distance runner. She represented her country in the 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. She also competed at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, coming tenth in the 3000 metres.

She came third at the World University Cross Country Championships in 2012 and was part of the silver medal-winning Romanian team alongside Ancuta Bobocel.^[1]

She is currently serving a two-year doping ban for the use of a prohibited substance, Methasterone, at the 2013 Summer Universiade, where she originally won the gold medal in the 5000 metres. The ban lasts from 11 July 2013 to 3 September 2015.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Romania
2007	European Junior Championships	Hengelo, Netherlands	4th	5000 m	16:46.55
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	12th	5000 m	17:03.84
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	15th	5000 m	16:06.10
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	9th	3000 m	9:09.19
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	8th	5000 m	16:11.94
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	5000 m	15:16.54 (PB)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	34th (h)	5000 m	16:01.04
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	9th	3000 m	9:10.51
	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	–	5000 m	DQ

References

• Roxana Bârcă profile at IAAF

1. Pierre, Christian (2012-04-16). Individual wins for Algeria and Romania; Japan rules team competitions at World University Cross Country Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
2. IAAF list of athletes suspended for doping - April 2014