Lidia Slăvuțeanu-Șimon (born 4 September 1973) is a Romanian long-distance runner. She competed in the Olympic marathon five times (1996–2012), winning a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics.[1][5] She is also a former marathon world champion.[6]
Lidia Șimon
Șimon at the 2009 World Championships
Personal information
Born
(1973-09-04) 4 September 1973 (age 49) Târgu Cărbunești, Romania
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won the silver medal behind Naoko Takahashi, Japan but ahead of Joyce Chepchumba, Kenya. Between 2003 and early 2004, she took a break from running to concentrate on her baby. She returned to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but she failed to finish the race. She finished the 2008 Olympic marathon in eighth place. At the age of 38, she competed in her fifth Olympic marathon (the first woman to do so) in London, finishing 45th overall.
She has been highly successful at the Osaka Ladies Marathon, winning three times consecutively from 1998 to 2000. Her personal best in the marathon came during her win in 2000, in which she finished with a time of 2:22:54.[8] Between 2000 and 2002 she appeared several times on Japanese variety television shows, running handicap races against teams of Japanese TV tarentos. The only person ever to defeat Șimon was her own husband, who, not being a professional athlete, started among one group of tarentos and managed not only to outrun all the TV stars but to cross the finish line with 30 seconds left of his 5-minute headstart over Lidia, to a standing ovation from the Japanese audience.
Șimon has experienced much success at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, taking individual silver and team gold at her first championships in 1996. She went on to take individual bronze medals at the 1997, 1998 and 2000 editions of the championships, in addition to further team gold and silver medals with Romania. Her personal best time of 1:08:34 hours over the distance is the Romanian record.
She was the winner at the first edition of the combined Osaka Marathon in October 2011.[9]
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Lidia Slăvuțeanu Șimon born 4 September 1973 is a Romanian long distance runner She competed in the Olympic marathon five times 1996 2012 winning a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics 1 5 She is also a former marathon world champion 6 Lidia ȘimonȘimon at the 2009 World ChampionshipsPersonal informationBorn 1973 09 04 4 September 1973 age 49 Targu Cărbunești RomaniaHeight1 60 m 5 ft 3 in 1 Weight43 kg 95 lb 1 SportSportAthleticsEvent s 10 000 m marathonClubDinamo BucharestAchievements and titlesPersonal best s 10 000 m 31 32 64 1998 Marathon 2 22 54 2000 2 Medal record Women s athleticsRepresenting RomaniaOlympic Games2000 Sydney MarathonWorld Championships2001 Edmonton Marathon1997 Athens Marathon1999 Sevilla Marathon Contents 1 Career 2 Achievements 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditCompeting in the marathon she won bronze medals at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 before finally winning the gold medal in Edmonton 2001 7 She won a bronze medal over 10 000 metres at the 1998 European Championships At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won the silver medal behind Naoko Takahashi Japan but ahead of Joyce Chepchumba Kenya Between 2003 and early 2004 she took a break from running to concentrate on her baby She returned to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics but she failed to finish the race She finished the 2008 Olympic marathon in eighth place At the age of 38 she competed in her fifth Olympic marathon the first woman to do so in London finishing 45th overall She has been highly successful at the Osaka Ladies Marathon winning three times consecutively from 1998 to 2000 Her personal best in the marathon came during her win in 2000 in which she finished with a time of 2 22 54 8 Between 2000 and 2002 she appeared several times on Japanese variety television shows running handicap races against teams of Japanese TV tarentos The only person ever to defeat Șimon was her own husband who not being a professional athlete started among one group of tarentos and managed not only to outrun all the TV stars but to cross the finish line with 30 seconds left of his 5 minute headstart over Lidia to a standing ovation from the Japanese audience Șimon has experienced much success at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships taking individual silver and team gold at her first championships in 1996 She went on to take individual bronze medals at the 1997 1998 and 2000 editions of the championships in addition to further team gold and silver medals with Romania Her personal best time of 1 08 34 hours over the distance is the Romanian record She was the winner at the first edition of the combined Osaka Marathon in October 2011 9 Among other achievements on the international road racing circuit she won the Bolder Boulder 10K 10 and Sapporo Half Marathon in 1999 and 2001 11 the Boilermaker Road Race 12 and Shanghai Marathon in 2007 13 Achievements EditYear Competition Venue Position Event NotesRepresenting Romania1994 European Championships Helsinki Finland 10th Marathon 2 36 141995 World Championships Gothenburg Sweden 10th Marathon 2 33 181996 Olympic Games Atlanta United States 6th Marathon 2 31 041997 World Championships Athens Greece 3rd Marathon 2 31 551998 Osaka International Ladies Marathon Osaka Japan 1st Marathon 2 28 311999 Osaka International Ladies Marathon Osaka Japan 1st Marathon 2 23 242000 Osaka International Ladies Marathon Osaka Japan 1st Marathon 2 22 54Olympic Games Sydney Australia 2nd Marathon 2 23 22World Half Marathon Championships Veracruz Mexico 3rd Half marathon 1 10 241st Team 3 34 222001 London Marathon London United Kingdom 4th Marathon 2 24 15World Championships Edmonton Canada 1st Marathon 2 26 012004 Olympic Games Athens Greece DNF Marathon DNF2007 Shanghai Marathon Shanghai PR China 1st Marathon 2 29 282008 Olympic Games Beijing PR China 8th Marathon 2 27 512012 Olympic Games London United Kingdom 45th Marathon 2 32 46References Edit a b c Lidia Șimon sports reference com Lidia Simon nee Slavuteanu trackfield brinkster net Petty Daniel 27 May 2013 Bolder Boulder 2013 Jeremy Freed Lidia Simon win citizens races The Denver Post Retrieved 28 May 2013 Lidia Simon wins women s Half Marathon at Denver Rock n Roll Marathon Colorado Running Hall of Fame 21 October 2013 Retrieved 10 October 2015 Colorado Running Hall of Fame Announces 2013 Inductees Colfax Marathon 18 May 2013 Retrieved 25 June 2013 Marathon s World Champion Lidia Simon to stop running for a year World Athletics 27 August 2001 Retrieved 18 April 2012 Monti David 23 July 2012 Lidia Simon To Run Fifth Olympic Marathon PodiumRunner Retrieved 28 May 2013 Nakamura Ken 29 January 2010 Can Akaba fulfill her marathon potential Osaka Ladies Marathon PREVIEW IAAF Retrieved on 2010 01 29 October 2011 AIMS Results AIMS October 2011 Retrieved on 1 November 2011 Castro Rich Post Marty 3 July 2010 Bolder Boulder 10 km Association of Road Racing Statisticians Retrieved on 28 May 2019 Ota Shigenobu Nakamura Ken Larner Brett 5 July 2010 Sapporo Half Marathon Association of Road Racing Statisticians Retrieved on 8 March 2014 Braine Bill 14 November 2007 The 2007 Utica Boilermaker Runner s World Retrieved 28 May 2013 25 November 2007 Toray Cup Shanghai Marathon China AIMS 23 November 2007 Retrieved 28 May 2013 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lidia Șimon Lidia Șimon at World Athletics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lidia Șimon amp oldid 1125985365, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
