Violeta Szekely

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Medal record
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Silver	2000 Sydney	1500 m
World Championships
Silver	2001 Edmonton	1500 m

Violeta Szekely, née Beclea (born May 26, 1965 in Dolheştii Mari, Suceava County) is a Romanian former middle distance runner who mainly competed in 1500 Metres. She competed in two Olympic Games, in 1992 and 2000.

Szekely retired after the 2002 season.

800 Metres - 1:58.57 (1998)
1000 Metres - 2:36.74 (1989)
1500 Metres - 3:58.29 (2000)
One Mile - 4:21.69 (1993)
2000 Metres - 5:48.8 (1998)
3000 Metres - 8:47.3 (1998)

800 metres

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result
1991	World Indoor Championships	Sevilla, Spain	2nd

1500 metres

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	2nd
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	2nd
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	München, Germany	1st
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	2nd
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha, UAE	1st
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd

Other achievements:

Tenth place on the 1500 m at the 1991 IAAF World Championships
Fourth place on 800 m at the 1989 World Indoor Championships
Fifth place on 3000 m at the 1999 World Indoor Championships
Fourth place on 1500 m at the 1999 World Championships

IAAF profile for Violeta Szekely

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gabriela Szabo	Women's 1.500m Best Year Performance 1999	Succeeded by Suzy Favor-Hamilton
Preceded by Suzy Favor-Hamilton	Women's 1.500m Best Year Performance 2001	Succeeded by Süreyya Ayhan

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violeta_Szekely"

Categories: 1965 births | Living people | Middle distance runners | People from Suceava County | Romanian athletes | Athletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Olympic athletes of Romania | Olympic silver medalists for Romania

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