Doina Melinte

Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for Romania
Olympic Games
Gold	1984 Los Angeles	800 m
Silver	1984 Los Angeles	1500 m
World Championships
Bronze	1987 Rome	1500 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold	1987 Indianapolis	1500 m
Gold	1989 Budapest	1500 m
European Championships
Bronze	1986 Stuttgart	1500 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold	1985 Pireaus	1500 m
Gold	1988 Budapest	1500 m
Gold	1990 Glasgow	1500 m
Summer Universiade
Gold	1981 Bucharest	800 metres

Doina Ofelia Melinte (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdojna meˈlinte]; born December 27, 1956 in Bacău, Bacău County) is a retired Romanian athlete.

She won gold medals over 1500 metres at the European Indoor Championships in 1985, 1988 and 1990, the latter race even being a European record time with 4:00.27. On the same day she set another new European record with 4:17.14 over the distance of 1 mile.

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles she won a gold medal in 800 meters ahead of Kim Gallagher (silver) and countrywoman Fiţa Lovin (bronze) as well as the silver medal in 1500 meters behind Gabriella Dorio (gold) and ahead of another Romanian, Maricica Puică (Bronze).

She continued to win a 1500 m bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships, and a year later she set a new championship record with 4:05.68 at the 2nd World Indoor Championships and finished third at the outdoor World Championships. She defended her World Indoor title in 1989, winning in a championship record of 4:04.79.

External links

• IAAF profile for Doina Melinte