Mihaela Peneș
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Born | Bucharest, Romania | 22 July 1947||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 August 2024 | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dinamo Bucharest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ioan Benga Titus Tatu[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 60.68 m (1967) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mihaela Peneș (22 July 1947 – 29 August 2024) was a Romanian javelin thrower. She competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively.[2]
Peneș first trained in swimming, handball and basketball, and changed to athletics because of her mother, a former athlete. In 1963, she won the national junior championships, setting a national record in the javelin throw, and since 1964 competed as a senior. After finishing her active career she worked as an athletics coach and official. In 1990, she joined the Romanian Olympic Committee, in 1995 became head of its international department, and in January–April 1999 served as its Secretary General.[1]
Peneș died on 29 August 2024, at the age of 77.[3]
References
[edit]Media related to Mihaela Peneș at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ a b Mihaela Penes. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ Mihaela Peneș. sports-reference
- ^ "A murit Mihaela Peneș, campioană olimpică la aruncarea suliței. Cum și-a petrecut ultimii ani din viață marea sportivă a României Citeşte întreaga ştire: A murit Mihaela Peneș, campioană olimpică la aruncarea suliței. Cum și-a petrecut ultimii ani din viață marea sportivă a României". Libertatea. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Mihaela Peneș at World Athletics
- Mihaela Peneș at Olympics.com
- Mihaela Peneș at Olympedia
- Mihaela Peneș at the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (in Romanian)
- 1947 births
- 2024 deaths
- Romanian female javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Romania
- Olympic silver medalists for Romania
- Athletes from Bucharest
- Olympic athletes for Romania
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania
- 20th-century Romanian sportswomen
- Romanian Olympic medalist stubs
- Romanian athletics biography stubs