Argentina Menis (born 19 July 1948) is a retired Romanian discus thrower who won silver medals at the 1972 Olympics and 1974 European Athletics Championships. She finished sixth at the 1976 Olympics.[3][4] On 23 September 1972 she set a world record that stood for eight months.[5] After retiring from competitions she worked at her club Dinamo București.[1]
Argentina Menis
Argentina Menis at the 1972 Olympics
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19 July 1948 (1948-07-19) (age 74) Cernele, Dolj, Romania
argentina, menis, born, july, 1948, retired, romanian, discus, thrower, silver, medals, 1972, olympics, 1974, european, athletics, championships, finished, sixth, 1976, olympics, september, 1972, world, record, that, stood, eight, months, after, retiring, from. Argentina Menis born 19 July 1948 is a retired Romanian discus thrower who won silver medals at the 1972 Olympics and 1974 European Athletics Championships She finished sixth at the 1976 Olympics 3 4 On 23 September 1972 she set a world record that stood for eight months 5 After retiring from competitions she worked at her club Dinamo București 1 Argentina MenisArgentina Menis at the 1972 OlympicsPersonal informationBorn19 July 1948 1948 07 19 age 74 Cernele Dolj RomaniaHeight1 71 m 5 ft 7 in Weight85 kg 187 lb SportSportAthleticsEvent s Discus throwClubCS Dinamo București 1 Coached byMihai NistorIon RinderiuIoan Benga 1 Achievements and titlesPersonal best s 67 96 m 1976 2 Medal record Representing RomaniaOlympic Games1972 Munich Discus throwEuropean Championships1974 Rome Discus throwUniversiade1973 Moscow Discus throw1975 Rome Discus throwThe reason why she is named Argentina is still unknown References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argentina Menis a b c Argentina Menis Romanian Olympic Committee Argentina Menis IAAF Argentina Menis sports reference com Athletisme Argentina MENIS les sports info Argentina Menis trackfield brinkster netExternal links EditArgentina Menis at World Athletics Argentina Menis at the International Olympic Committee Argentina Menis at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Roman in Romanian English translation Argentina Menis at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived RecordsPreceded by Faina Melnik Women s Discus World Record Holder23 September 1972 25 May 1973 Succeeded by Faina Melnik This biographical article relating to Romanian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a Romanian Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Argentina Menis amp oldid 1056482726, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
