Rodica Mateescu
Romanian triple jumper
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Rodica Mateescu (born Rodica Petrescu on 13 March 1971 in Bucharest) is a former triple jumper from Romania. Having set a personal best of 15.16 in 1997, she placed fourth at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships and won a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships. The same year she placed third at the Grand Prix Final in Fukuoka.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Romania | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1997 Athens | Triple jump |
She has been banned for life from the Olympics by the Romanian Olympic Committee (COR), after she tested positive for nandrolone in May 2000 during a training session in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta.
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