Mariana Chirila

Mariana Chirila (née Stanescu; born 7 September 1964) is a Romanian female distance runner who competed in events ranging from 800 metres to the marathon. Individually she won gold medals in the 3000 metres at the 1986 Goodwill Games and the 1992 Balkan Athletics Championships, and won the senior race at the Balkan Cross Country Championships in 1985.[1][2][3] She represented her country at the European Athletics Championships in 1986, twice at the Universiade (1987 and 1991), and twice at the IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships (1984 and 1990). Her highest global ranking was eighth in the 3000 m for the 1986 season.[4]

Mariana Chirila
Personal information
Born (1964-09-07) 7 September 1964
Sport
Country Romania
SportAthletics
Retired2001
Achievements and titles
National finals4 cross country titles
Highest world ranking8th in 3000 m (1986)
Personal best(s)3000 m: 8:38.83 (1986)
Medal record
Goodwill Games
1986 Moscow3000 m
World Cross Country Championships
1985 LisbonTeam
1996 StellenboschTeam
European Cross Country Championships
1994 AlnwickTeam
1997 OeirasTeam

Chirila had most of her success with Romanian women's teams at international events in cross country and road running. She was a seven-time participant at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 1985 to 1997, including team bronze medals in 1985 (alongside Fița Lovin, Elena Fidatov, and Olympic champion Paula Ivan) and 1996 (alongside Gabriela Szabo, Fidatov and Iulia Olteanu). She ran three times at the European Cross Country Championships and scored points to bring Romania to the team title with Fidatov and Margareta Keszeg in 1994, as well as a team silver with Fidatov and Stela Olteanu in 1997.[5] She had much success at the Balkan Cross Country Championships, taking the individual gold in 1985, silver in 1986, 1987 and 1994, as well as perfect-score team titles in all those years with runners including Fidatov, Ivan and Luminita Gogirlea.[3]

In road running, Chirila competed many times for Romania in ekiden marathon relays. She won minor team medals at three consecutive editions of the IAAF World Road Relay Championships from 1994 to 1998, sharing the honours with Daniela Petrescu, Alina Gherasim, Anuța Cătună, Florina Pană and Olympic champion Constantina Diță among others.[6] Other outings in the marathon relay resulted in victories at the International Chiba Ekiden and Barcelona Ekiden in 1990 and second place finishes twice at both the Yokohama International Women's Ekiden and Beijing International Women's Ekiden.[5]

At national level, she was a four-time winner at the Romanian Cross Country Championships, winning three straight titles from 1985 to 1987 and a final win in 1994.[7] At the Romanian Athletics Championships, she was runner-up over 10,000 metres in 1985 and over 3000 m in 1994. She also had top three finishes in the 3000 m at the 1986 Romanian Indoor Athletics Championships and at the 2001 Romanian Half Marathon Championships. On the professional circuit she won at the 1997 Le Lion Half Marathon and 1998 Belfast International Cross Country. She ran at the Debno Marathon in 1990 but did not take on the distance for a second time, after finishing in eighth in 2:52:51 hours.[5]

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1984 World Women's Road Race Championships Madrid, Spain 48th 10K 38:28
1985 Balkan Cross Country Championships 1st Senior race 13:20.7
1st Team 6 pts
World Cross Country Championships Lisbon, Portugal 48th Senior race 16:16
3rd Team 96 pts
1986 Balkan Cross Country Championships 2nd Senior race 13:51.1
1st Team 6 pts
World Cross Country Championships Colombier, Switzerland 31st Senior race 15:40.3
8th Team 140 pts
Goodwill Games Moscow, Soviet Union 1st 3000 m 8:38.83
10th 5000 m 15:45.10
European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 9th (heats) 3000 m 9:02:57
1987 Balkan Cross Country Championships 2nd Senior race 12:35.7
1st Team 6 pts
World Cross Country Championships Warsaw, Poland 6th Senior race 17:04
4th Team 94 pts
Universiade Zagreb, Yugoslavia 8th 3000 m 9:13.07
1990 World Cross Country Championships Aix-les-Bains, France 80th Senior race 20:50
4th Team 102 pts[8]
World Women's Road Race Championships Dublin, Ireland 46th 15K 53:39.1
International Chiba Ekiden Chiba, Japan 3rd 5K 16:29
1st Team
Barcelona Ekiden Barcelona, Spain 6th 5.3K 19:00
1st Team
1991 World Cross Country Championships Antwerp, Belgium 86th Senior race 22:14
7th Team 148 pts[9]
Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom 13th 10,000 m 34:06.01
Yokohama International Women's Ekiden Yokohama, Japan 6th 10K 33:25
2nd Marathon relay 2:18:12
1992 Balkan Championships Sofia, Bulgaria 1st 3000 m 9:17.92
1994 Balkan Cross Country Championships 2nd Senior race 12:44.4
1st Team 6 pts
World Road Relay Championships Litochoro, Greece 2nd 5K 16:02
3rd Marathon relay 2:19:18
European Cross Country Championships Alnwick, United Kingdom 7th Senior race 14:48
1st Team 26 pts
1995 Yokohama International Women's Ekiden Yokohama, Japan 8th 10K 34:02
? Marathon relay
Beijing International Women's Ekiden Beijing, China 5th 5K 16:30
2nd Marathon relay 2:17:10
International Chiba Ekiden Chiba, Japan 3rd 7K 23:40
3rd Marathon relay 2:20:26[10]
European Cross Country Championships Alnwick, United Kingdom 25th Senior race 14:38
2nd Team 23 pts[11]
1996 Yokohama International Women's Ekiden Yokohama, Japan 2nd 7.2K 23:06
2nd Marathon relay 2:16:35
Beijing International Women's Ekiden Beijing, China 2nd 10K 33:50
2nd Marathon relay
World Cross Country Championships Stellenbosch, South Africa 32nd Senior race 21:26
3rd Team 70 pts
World Road Relay Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 5th 10K 33:21
2nd Marathon relay 2:18:41
International Chiba Ekiden Chiba, Japan 6th 10K 32:33
3rd Marathon relay 2:17:48
1997 World Cross Country Championships Turin, Italy 32nd Senior race 22:25
11th Team 189 pts
European Cross Country Championships Oeiras, Portugal 5th Senior race 18:10
2nd Team 22 pts
1998 World Road Relay Championships Manaus, Brazil 3rd 5K 17:15
3rd Team 2:24:13

National titles

Circuit wins

Personal bests
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References
  1. Goodwill Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  2. Balkan Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  3. Balkan Cross Country. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  4. Mariana Stanescu. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  5. Mariana Chirila. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  6. IAAF World Road Relay Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2004-03-27). Retrieved on 2013-09-30.
  7. Romanian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  8. Non-scoring performance
  9. Non-scoring performance
  10. International Ekiden. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  11. Non-scoring performance
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