Claudia Ștef

Claudia Ștef, née Iovan (born 25 February 1978 in Craiova, Romania) is a Romanian women's professional race walker.

Claudia Ștef

Claudia Ștef during Romanian National Race-Walking Championship 20km, on 24 June 2011
Personal information
Born	(1978-02-25) 25 February 1978 (age 47)
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Romania
Sport	Athletics
Event	20km Race Walk

Ștef holds the world indoor record for 3000 metres track walk with 11:40.33 minutes, achieved in January 1999 in Bucharest.^[1]

Doping

She tested positive for nandrolone in an out-of-competition test on 20 May 2000 and received a two-year doping ban.^[2][3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Romania
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	3rd	5000 m	21:57.11
1997	World Race Walking Cup	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	34th	10 km	45:03
	European Junior Championships	Ljubljana, Slovenia	1st	5000 m	21:15.99
1998	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	3rd	10 km	43:12
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	12th	10 km	44:10
1999	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	6th	20 km	1:29:39
	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	20 km	1:33:17
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	11th	20 km	1:33:46
	Universiade	Palma, Spain	1st	10 km	44:22
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	6th	20 km	1:30:05
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	20 km	1:29:57
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	5th	20 km	1:29:09
2004	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	12th	20 km	1:29:40
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	8th	20 km	1:30:07
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	11th	20 km	1:29:46
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	20 km	1:29:27
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	6th	20 km	1:32:47
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	21st	20 km	1:33:19
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	15th	20 km	1:39:10
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	23rd	20 km	1:36:09
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	—	20 km	DQ
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	26th	20 km	1:36:55
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	12th	20 km	1:32:15
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	38th	20 km	1:33:56
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	26th	20 km	1:34:31
			7th	Team - 20 km	95 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	24th	20 km	1:34:51

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics