NOVAC Alexandru Mihaita

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2014	Nanjing, CHN	2nd (73.98)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (82.12)
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (74.67)

European Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2018	Berlin, GER	Qual. (76.44)

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

Watching television. (sptfm.ro, 09 Jun 2020)

Athlete

Romanian

CSM Bucuresti [Romania]

Petre Manu [club]

He took up the javelin at age nine in Adjud, Romania. (gsp.ro, 08 Jun 2020)

His school teacher Camelia Petrea encouraged him to begin the javelin after she noticed how far he could throw a ball used for herding sheep. "That's when I signed up for the javelin and stayed with it. I was very good at herding sheep. Maybe if it wasn't for the sheep, I wouldn't have discovered my talent in throwing javelins." (impactlocal.ro, 09 Nov 2020; gsp.ro, 08 Jun 2020)

To finish in the top eight at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (impactlocal.ro, 09 Nov 2020)

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." (Instagram profile, 23 Dec 2020)