COCIORAN Marius Iulian

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	DNF
2012	London, GBR	36th (3:57:52)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2015	Beijing, CHN	DNF
2013	Moscow, RUS	40th (4:04:23)

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
24	2019	50km Race Walk	European Race Walking Team Championships	Alytus, LTU	4:04:04
50	2017	20km Race Walk	European Race Walking Team Championships	Podebrady, CZE	1:31:22

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

Engineering, Physical Education - Eftimie Murgu University, Resita, ROU

Wife Daniela, one son

Romanian

CSM-CSU Resita [Romania]

Octavian Mazaran [personal], ROU; Gheorghe Ardeleanu [personal], ROU

He took up athletics in 1996. (stiridinbanat.ro, 11 Aug 2012)

He initially played football before switching to athletics. "I did not like athletics but a friend, Adrian Negru, convinced me to sign up to the [athletics] club. Gradually I began to find something interesting in the sport." (stiridinbanat.ro, 11 Aug 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 27 Jul 2021; csm-resita.ro, 16 May 2021)

Qualifying for 50km event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo when he set a national record [3:55:29] at the 2021 European Race Walking Team Championships in Podebrady, Czech Republic. (romaniaforgold.ro, 02 Jun 2021; Instagram profile, 17 May 2021; csm-resita.ro, 16 May 2021)

Former coach Iosif Mazaran. (Instagram profile, 17 May 2021)

He was named 2015 Male Athlete of the Year in Caras-Severin, Romania. (expressdebanat.ro, 07 Jan 2016)