IUSCO Florentina Costina

Date of Birth: 8 Apr 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Long Jump

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump B	Women's Long Jump Qualification - Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Long Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (6.22)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (NM)

European Games

Year	Location	Long Jump
2019	Minsk, BLR	4th (6.44)

European Championships

Year	Location	Long Jump
2018	Berlin, GER	Qual. (6.17)

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

Previous names:

Florentina Marincu

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Physical Education, Sport Studies - 1 December 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania

Family:

Husband Georgian, one son

Languages spoken:

English, Romanian

Club name:

LPS Cetate Deva [Romania]

Coach:

Nicolae Alexe

Other sports:

She has competed in bobsleigh for Romania, and won gold in the two-woman event at the 2018 World Junior Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (ibsf.org, 28 Oct 2017, 27 Jan 2018; insidethegames.biz, 27 Jan 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 11 Aug 2020)

Injuries:

In 2015 she suffered a herniated disc that she underwent treatment for in Germany. (aimx.ro, 15 May 2019)

She sustained a back muscle injury that affected her for most of 2014. (aimx.ro, 15 May 2019)

Start:

She began athletics at age six in Deva, Romania. (worldathletics.org, 14 Jul 2013)

Reason:

"I come from Deva, Romania, which is renowned for gymnastics. But when I was encouraged to do sports I was already too old for gymnastics, so a school coach recommended I give athletics a try. Athletics is my life and I'm glad I picked it up, as I see gymnastics as a harder sport. I began sprints and high jump with my coach Nicolae Alexe in the fourth grade of school before moving to long jump three years later. At first the long jump was hard for me. Other girls were doing five-and-a-half metres, whereas I was hitting only four metres." (worldathletics.org, 14 Jul 2013; aimx.ro, 15 May 2019)

Ambition:

To make a long jump of seven metres, and to win a medal and set a personal best at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (click.ro, 16 Mar 2020; Instagram profile, 30 Jun 2020)

Hero:

Russian long jumper Darya Klishina. (worldathletics.org, 14 Jul 2013)

Award:

She was named 2019 Olympic Athlete of the Year by Hunedoara County Directorate for Sports and Youth in Romania. (ziare.com, 04 Feb 2020)

General Interest

General
BOBSLEIGH
In 2017 she switched from athletics to bobsleigh, in which she competed until January 2018 before returning to athletics. "In 2014 and 2015 I suffered from back injuries that affected my athletics career, then in 2016 I became pregnant. As a form of therapy to fix my back issues, I took up bobsleigh and had six months of training to help strengthen my back muscles, which worked. I no longer have any back pain. Within a year of competing in bobsleigh I won gold at the junior world championships. Bobsleigh was a temporary solution as I had recently given birth and it would have been hard to return to athletics immediately. I enjoyed my time in the bobsleigh but the cold was hard for me to bear, and athletics was always my first love." (ibsf.org, 27 Jan 2018; aimx.ro, 15 May 2019; click.ro, 16 Mar 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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