Nicoleta Grasu

Lenuţa Nicoleta Grasu is a retired Romanian discus thrower. She was born on 11 September 1971 in Secuieni as Nicoleta Grădinaru, but took a new surname when she married fellow discus thrower Costel Grasu.

Nicoleta Grasu

Nicoleta Grasu at 2012 Bislett Games
Personal information
Birth name	Lenuța Nicoleta Grădinaru
Full name	Lenuța Nicoleta Grasu
Nationality	Romanian
Born	(1971-09-11) 11 September 1971 (age 53) Secuieni, Romania
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Spouse	Costel Grasu
Sport
Country	Romania
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus
Achievements and titles
Personal best	68.80 m (1999)
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Romania World Championships 2001 Edmonton Discus 1999 Seville Discus 2007 Osaka Discus 2009 Berlin Discus European Championships 2010 Barcelona Discus 1998 Budapest Discus 2006 Gothenburg Discus European Cup Winter Throwing 2008 Split Discus Universiade 1999 Palma de Mallorca Discus 1997 Catania Discus
Updated on 14 August 2012

Grasu is best known for winning medals at the 1999 and 2001 World Championships. A few years followed without any international medals, but she did finish sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and fifth at the 2005 World Championships. In 2006, she returned to the medal podium with a bronze at the European Championships.

Her personal best throw is 68.80 metres, achieved in August 1999 in Poiana Braşov.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Romania
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	6th	53.10 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	13th (q)	60.62 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	7th	62.10 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	63.64 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Bondoufle, France	1st	60.80 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	7th	63.28 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Milan, Italy	3rd	63.64 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	10th	60.14 m
	Universiade	Catania, Italy	3rd	60.08 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	65.94 m
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	1st	65.21 m
	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	3rd	65.35 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	19th (q)	58.87 m
2001	Jeux de la Francophonie	Ottawa, Canada	1st	64.53 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd	66.24 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th	64.92 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	62.05 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	5th	58.25 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	63.58 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	62.32 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	3rd	63.40 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	12th	58.63 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	65.20 m
2010	European Cup Winter Throwing	Arles, France	3rd	59.92 m
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	63.48 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	8th	62.08 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	14th (q)	61.86 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	22nd (q)	56.31 m

Personal

Nicoleta and Costel's child Ștefan Grasu is a professional basketball player.

External links

• Nicoleta Grasu at World Athletics
• Nicoleta Grădinaru-Grasu at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Natalya Sadova	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 2000	Succeeded by Natalya Sadova