Paula Ivan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Paula Ivan

Romanian athlete

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1963

Place of Birth: Herăști, Giurgiu County, Romania

Profession: athletics competitor, middle-distance runner

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Paula Ivan

  • Paula Ivan (born 20 July 1963 as Ionescu, later known as Ilie) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner. In 1987 Ivan won gold medals in the 1500 m and 3000 m at the 1987 Summer Universiade.
  • Later the same year at the World Championships she did not advance past the heats of the same events.
  • In July 1988 she won the 800 m and 1500 m events at the Balkan Games, setting her all-times personal best over 800 m.
  • On 27 July at Verona Ivan broke the 4-minute barrier over 1500 m, clocking 3:58.80.
  • She improved to 3:56.22 in Zurich on 17 August.
  • At the 1988 Summer Olympics she won a silver medal in her first event, 3000 m, followed by a gold in the 1500 m.
  • Her winning time, 3:53.96, was a new Olympic record.In 1989 Ivan won the 1500 m at the European Indoor Championships in Den Haag, in a time of 4:07.16.
  • Later that year, outdoors, she broke the world record for the mile with a time of 4:15.61.
  • She repeated her 1500/3000 m golden double at the Universiade in Duisburg in August and then won the 1500 m at the IAAF World Cup in Barcelona in September.
  • She then retired from competitions to become a coach.Ivan competed in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships four times (1984–1987).
  • At the 1985 championships, she was part of the Romanian team that won the bronze medal (Ivan finished 34th).
  • Her best individual performance was a 9th-place finish at the 1987 race in Warsaw.In 2000, at 36 years old and after ten seasons away from competition, Ivan returned for one more season.
  • She ran the 1500 m in several meets on the IAAF Grand Prix circuit, with her season's best time being 4:04.66, at the Monte Carlo Herculis-Zepter meet, on 18 August 2000.
  • Since 2002, she works at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport at Spiru Haret University in Bucharest.

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