Claudia Bobocea

Claudia Mihaela Bobocea (born 11 June 1992)^[1] is a Romanian middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.

Claudia Bobocea

Bobocea at the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland
Personal information
Full name	Claudia Mihaela Bobocea
Born	(1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 (age 33) Bucharest, Romania
Education	Ovidius University
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country	Romania
Sport	Athletics
Event	1500 metres
Club	CSA Steaua București
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Romania European Indoor Championships 2023 Istanbul 1500 m European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 1500 m

Bobocea represented Romania at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.^[1] She won multiple national titles both outdoors and indoors (mostly over 800 metres).

Statistics

Competition record

Representing  Romania

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	20th (h)	800 m	2:12.90
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	9th	1500 m	4:20.39
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	7th	4 × 800 m relay	8:23.12
			4th	4 × 1500 m relay	17:51.48
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	18th (h)	3000 m	9:27.82
	European Team Championships, 1st League	Heraklion, Greece	1st	1500 m	4:14.58 PB
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	12th	1500 m	4:31.27
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, OR, United States	15th (h)	1500 m	4:12.38
	Balkan Championships	Pitești, Romania	1st	1500 m	4:16.94
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	–	800 m	DNF
			19th (h)	1500 m	4:18.98
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	51st (h)	800 m	2:03.75
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	16th (h)	1500 m	4:16.98
	European Team Championships, 1st League	Vaasa, Finland	1st	1500 m	4:14.50
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	35th (h)	1500 m	4:11.20
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	11th	1500 m	4:22.85
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	25th (h)	1500 m	4:24.60
			13th	3000 m	9:23.70
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	22nd (h)	1500 m	4:16.20
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	7th	1500 m	4:13.40
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	24th (sf)	1500 m	4:18.25
2020	Balkan Championships	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	1st	800 m	2:03.32
			1st	1500 m	4:12.95
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	18th (h)	1500 m	4:18.00
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan]	33rd (h)	1500 m	4:09.19
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	9th	1500 m	4:09.64
	Balkan Championships	Craiova, Romania	1st	800 m	2:01.84
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	11th	1500 m	4:07.74
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	1500 m	4:03.76 PB
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	26th (h)	800 m	2:00.54
			31st (h)	1500 m	4:06.07
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	23rd (h)	800 m	2:04.03
			–	1500 m	DNF

Personal bests

• 800 metres – 2:01.37 (Ostrava 2020)
  • 800 metres indoor – 2:04.58 (Bucharest 2016)
• 1000 metres – 2:42.92 (Bucharest 2015)
  • 1000 metres indoor – 2:35.35 (Birmingham 2023) NR
• 1500 metres – 4:01.10 (Ostrava 2022)
  • 1500 metres indoor – 4:03.76 (Istanbul 2023)
• 3000 metres – 8:55.34 (Osaka 2018)
  • 3000 metres indoor – 8:47.59 (Madrid 2019)

National titles

• Romanian Athletics Championships
  • 800 metres: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
  • 1500 metres: 2018
  • 4 × 400 m relay: 2017
• Romanian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 800 metres: 2016, 2018, 2020
  • 1500 metres: 2015
  • 3000 metres: 2015