Nuța Olaru

Nuţa Olaru at LA Marathon on May 25, 2009

Nuța Olaru (born August 28, 1970 in Orodel, Dolj) is a female long-distance runner originally from Romania, who became a naturalized United States citizen in November 2012. She specializes in the marathon race. She set her personal best (2:24:33) in the women's marathon in Chicago, IL on October 10, 2004.

She won the Big Sur Marathon in 2012, 2013 and 2014,^[1] ran the 2013 Boston Marathon in 2:42:57 and the 2014 Boston Marathon in 2:37:29.

In April 2013, Olaru teamed up with the product development, ROLL Recovery, in Boulder, Colorado to help develop tools for runners.^[2]

Achievements[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Romania
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	4th	Marathon	2:43:22
1995	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	5th	Marathon	3:03:28
1996	World Half Marathon Championships	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	4th	Half Marathon	1:11:07
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	30th	Marathon	2:47:12
	World Half Marathon Championships	Košice, Slovakia	5th	Half Marathon	1:09:52
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	34th	Marathon	2:42:44
	World Half Marathon Championships	Uster, Switzerland	–	Half Marathon	DNF
2000	Lille Half Marathon	Lille, France	1st	Half Marathon	1:11:08
	World Half Marathon Championships	Veracruz, Mexico	41st	Half Marathon	1:20:00
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	15th	Marathon	2:33:05
	World Half Marathon Championships	Bristol, United Kingdom	11th	Half Marathon	1:10:27
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	—	Marathon	DNF
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	11th	Marathon	2:28:24
	World Half Marathon Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	23rd	Half Marathon	1:13:00
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	13th	Marathon	2:34:45
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	Marathon	DNF
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	—	Marathon	DNF
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	60th	Marathon	3:00:59

References[]

• Nuța Olaru at World Athletics
• sports-reference

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