Nicolae Soare
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolae Alexandru Soare |
| Born | 20 September 1991 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Marathon |
Nicolae Alexandru Soare (born 20 September 1991) is a Romanian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He competed in the men's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] He won silver medals in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 and 2017 Universiades.[2] In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[3]
His personal best times are 14:00.35 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in Ponzano Veneto in June 2018; 28:25.38 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in London in May 2018; 1:04:07 hours in the half marathon, achieved in March 2014 in Copenhagen; and 2:18:52 hours in the marathon, achieved at the 2016 Hamburg Marathon.[2]
He was found positive for meldonium (doping substance) in 2016.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nicolae-Alexandru Soare". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ a b Nicolae Alexandru Soare at World Athletics
- ^ "Men's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Maratonistul Alexandru Nicolae Soare, depistat pozitiv cu Meldonium". Mediafax.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- Nicolae Soare at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Romanian male long-distance runners
- Romanian male marathon runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Romania
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Romania
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Romanian sportspeople in doping cases
- 21st-century Romanian sportsmen
- Romanian athletics biography stubs