Alina Rotaru-Kottmann

Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (born 5 June 1993) is a Romanian long jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships in the long jump event.

Alina Rotaru-Kottmann

Alina Rotaru in 2015
Personal information
Birth name	Alina Rotaru
Nationality	Romanian
Born	(1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 32)[1] Bucharest, Romania[1]
Education	Ovidius University[2]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Romania
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long jump
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2016: 18th (q) 2020: 17th (q)
Personal best	6.96 m
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Romania World Championships 2023 Budapest Long jump Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei Long jump

Rotaru-Kottmann, 2022

At the 2009 World Youth Championships she won the silver medal in long jump and finished fourth in the high jump. She was knocked out in the qualification at the 2010 World Junior Championships,^[3] but won the silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

She finished fifth at the 2012 World Junior Championships,^[3] fourth at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie and seventh at the 2014 European Championships. She also competed at the 2012 European Championships and the 2013 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.

Her personal best jump is 6.96 metres, achieved in Inneringen in July 2023.^[3]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Romania
2009	World Junior Championships	Brixen, Italy	4th	High jump	1.82 m
			2nd	Long jump	6.09 m
	European Youth Olympic Festival	Tampere, Finland	5th	High jump	1.79 m
			2nd	Long jump	6.24 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	19th (q)	Long jump	5.27 m
	Youth Olympic Games	Singapore	2nd	Long jump	6.38 m
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	2nd	Long jump	6.36 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	20th (q)	Long jump	6.19 m
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	Long jump	6.52 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	11th (q)	Long jump	6.39 m
	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	5th	Long jump	6.47 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	4th	Long jump	6.57 m (w)
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	7th	Long jump	6.55 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	4th	Long jump	6.74 m
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	3rd	Long jump	6.69 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	15th (q)	Long jump	6.58 m
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	3rd	High jump	1.80 m
			3rd	Long jump	6.33 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	10th	Long jump	6.45 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	18th (q)	Long jump	6.40 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	12th	Long jump	6.46 m
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	1st	Long jump	6.65 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th	Long jump	6.41 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	15th (q)	Long jump	6.55 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	5th	Long jump	6.64 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	6th	Long jump	6.71 m
2021	European Championships	Toruń, Poland	10th (q)	Long jump	6.53 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	17th (q)	Long jump	6.51 m
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	11th	Long jump	6.26 m
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	5th	Long jump	6.62 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	Long jump	6.88 m
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	8th	Long jump	6.46 m
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	9th	Long jump	6.68 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	7th	Long jump	6.67 m
2025	European Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	14th (q)	Long jump	6.29 m
	World Indoor Championships	Nanjing, China	5th	Long jump	6.59 m