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Catalin Tecuceanu

Tecuceanu at Istanbul 2023
Personal information
Birth name	Cătălin Tecuceanu
National team	Italy (2022–): 4 caps
Born	(1999-09-09) 9 September 1999 (age 25) Tecuci, Romania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 m
Club	Fiamme Oro
Coached by	Gianni Ghidini
Achievements and titles
Personal best	800 m: 1:43.75 (2024)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Italy European Championships 2024 Rome 800 m Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran 800 m

Cătălin Tecuceanu (Romanian: [kətəˈlin tekuˈtʃe̯anu]; born 9 September 1999), commonly spelled Catalin Tecuceanu (Italian: [kataˈlin tekuˈtʃaːnu]), is a Romanian-born Italian middle-distance runner.

Career

Tecuceanu arrived in Italy in 2008, joining his parents who were already there. In 2021, setting in Savona his personal best in the 800 m with 1:44.93, he also achieved the entry standard for the participation in the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Italian citizen since November 2021, and eligible to represent Italy in national competitions from 9 March 2022, with a time of 1:45.24 on 800 m set in Ostrava he also established the 10th best Italian all-time performance over distance. His previous time of 1:44.93, established in 2021 in Zagreb, was a Romanian record as the athlete at that time could only represent Romania.

At Madrid, on 23 February 2024, he established a new Italian record on the indoor 800 m with 1:45.00.

Statistics

National records

Romanian records

• 800 m: 1:44.93 ( Zagreb, 14 September 2021)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Time	Notes
2022	Mediterranean Games	Oran	3rd	800 m	1:44.97	SB
	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade	Semi-finals	800 m	1:46.31
	European Championships	Munchen	Heats	800 m	1:47.94
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul	7th	800 m	1:48.54

National titles

Tecuceanu has won 3 national championships.

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 800 m: 2022
• Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 800 m: 2022, 2023

See also

• List of Romanian records in athletics
• Italian all-time top lists – 800 metres

Notes

1. He ran a better crono 1:47.24 in heats

References

1. "Cătălin Tecuceanu Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
2. "Catalin Tecuceanu prende la cittadinanza italiana". youtube.com (in Italian). 14 November 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
3. "All Time Top Lists Senior Outdoor 800 Metres Men – Italy". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
4. "Tamberi riprende il volo: 2,30 a Ostrava". fidal.it (in Italian). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
5. Atletica: Tecuceanu batte dopo 31 anni record italiano 800 indoor
6. "All time Top lists Senior Outdoor 800 Metres Men – Romania". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
7. "Tecuceanu e Scardanzan ai campionati italiani assoluti di atletica di Rieti: il mezzofondista è campione italiano indoor 2022, l'astista vicecampionessa in carica". qdpnews.it (in Italian). 24 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

External links

• Catalin Tecuceanu at World Athletics
• Catalin Tecuceanu at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Catalin Tecuceanu at Olympics.com
• Catalin Tecuceanu at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Catalin Tecuceanu at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Catalin Tecuceanu – CONI – Paris 2024 (in Italian)

• 1999 births
• Living people
• Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro
• Italian male middle-distance runners
• Naturalised citizens of Italy
• Romanian emigrants to Italy
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
• Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy
• Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
• Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
• People from Tecuci
• Sportspeople from Galați County
• European Games competitors for Italy
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
• Italian Athletics Championships winners
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Diamond League winners
• Olympic athletes for Italy
• 21st-century Italian sportsmen