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	Marian Oprea
		Marian is pictured above during the Triple Jump final at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
		He won the silver medal behind Sweden's Christian Olsson with a leap of 17.55m.
		This photograph is the copyright © of George Herringshaw and sporting-heroes.net
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=3029 (40 words)

	GreatRun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Olympic silver medallist Marian Oprea currently in brilliant form, believes he is in shape to smash the World Indoor triple jump record before the end of the season.
		Now Oprea who last weekend cleared 17.74m to move to fifth on the world indoor all-time list, is targeting the world record of 17.83m shared by Aliecer Urrutia and Christian Olsson.
		Oprea his eyes firmly on succeeding the injured Olsson as world indoor champion next month, is confident the task is achievable after his latest victory.
	www.onrunning.com /onrunning/news_article.asp?id=2980 (218 words)

	BUCHAREST DAILY NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Marian Oprea takes triple jump first in Athens
		Romanian athlete Marian Oprea was first in the triple jump event at the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Athens on Tuesday.
		In the 1,500 meters race, Corina Dumbravean came tenth in 4 minutes, 7.66 seconds.
	www.daily-news.ro /print_preview.php?idarticle=12448 (81 words)

	Olsson motivated by rare defeat
		Olsson, who had racked up 29 consecutive victories in 17 months, was beaten in his homeland by Romanian Marian Oprea but says it has given him extra motivation.
		Olsson has dominated the triple jump since the retirement of Briton Jonathan Edwards and was regarded as one of the certainties for gold in Athens.
		The world indoor record holder lost out by two centimetres when Oprea won in Stockholm with a jump of 17.30 metres.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/aug/07oly-ath2.htm (317 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Indoor Championships 2006 - News
		Oprea eager for Moscow gold and World record - Balkan Indoor Champs report
		Athens, Greece - As expected, Romania’s triple jumper Marian Oprea, was the athlete who attracted most attention at the 13th edition of the Balkan Indoor Championships, held yesterday in Peania, Athens.
		Oprea currently leads the world indoor list with the top-four best marks of 2006, headed by his 17.74m (18 Feb) which he jumped in Bucharest, Romania.
	www.iaaf.org /WIC06/news/Kind=2/newsId=33557.html (398 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		Padua, Italy - Marian Oprea’s winning 17.56m in the men’s Triple Jump, and a confidence boosting win by Olympic champion Felix Sanchez over World titleholder Bershawn Jackson in the men’s 400m Hurdles highlighted the 20th anniversary edition of the EAA meeting in Padua, last night (1).
		Romanian Marian Oprea, world and European bronze medallist, leapt to 17.56m, third on the world seasonal list, on his second attempt to strip Cuban Yoel Garcia of the meeting Triple Jump record (17.43) set in 1995.
		In second place, Slovakian Dmitrij Valukevic produced a wind-assisted 17.34m, in a high-quality competition in which four men broke the 17 metres barrier, the others being USA's Aarik Wilson (17.19) and Italian outdoor and indoor record holder Fabrizio Donato (wind-assisted 17.16).
	www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=36045.html (1216 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Olympic Games : Noguchi triumphs with ease
		Olsson, last year's world indoor and outdoor champion, then took the triple jump by soaring to a National record 17.79 metres.
		Marian Oprea of Romania, the only jumper to have beaten Olsson in his last 30 meets, won the silver at 17.55.
		Danila Burkenya of Russia took the bronze at 17.48.
	www.hindu.com /2004/08/23/stories/2004082314831900.htm (808 words)

	Triple jump champion loses unbeaten record -DAWN - Sport; 29 July, 2004
		STOCKHOLM, July 28: World triple jump champion Christian Olsson was beaten into second place by Romanian Marian Oprea at an IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting on Tuesday, the first time the Swede has failed to win his event since February 2003.
		Olsson could only jump 17.28 metres on his home ground, two centimetres behind Oprea's winning 17.30 leap.
		I was a little stiff in the legs coming from Paris," said Olsson, who won with a jump of 17.41 at the Paris Golden League meeting last Friday.
	www.dawn.com /2004/07/29/spt12.htm (462 words)

	Johnson wins 110 hurdles tuneup - Track and field - MSNBC.com
		Marian Oprea of Romania snapped world champion Christian Olsson’s 29-meet winning streak in the men’s triple jump, edging the Swede by two centimeters.
		On a rainy and cold night, Oprea got a big confidence boost before next month’s Olympics in Athens.
		Olsson, unbeaten outdoors and indoors for 18 months going into one of his favorite meets, won before a sellout crowd of 15,553 at Olympic Stadium.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5530407 (480 words)

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		Cuba's Yoandri Betanzos won the silver medal with a 57-2 leap, with Marian Oprea of Romania picking up the bronze with a best of 57-1 in windy, cold conditions.
		Bell, a 2001 NSU graduate and the 2005 USA Outdoor Championships runner-up, had a best effort of 56-1 3/4 to finish in seventh place.
		“I kept hearing about Oprea and how people were picking him to win, and I thought, 'why not me?' I've been making teams since 2001, and I figured this is my year.
	www.nsudemons.com /storyPF.asp?ID=1571 (303 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Davis Triples To Event Top, While Gatlin Extends ...
		But in the Men’s 100m Event Ranking, joint-World record holder Asafa Powell edged closer to Gatlin by recording the second fastest time overall in Eugene when running in a separate heat in 9.93 (1346 points).
		World champion Walter Davis only allowed a single week for his rival Marian Oprea to sit atop the Triple Jump Event Ranking.
		Davis recaptured the lead this week as Oprea was forced down into second.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20060530_IAAF_WR.html (308 words)

	American Track and Field -- Regional News Article
		Weather is cold, and wet, and the hurdlers did fine.
		Yoandri Betanzos of Cuba lead in 17.40 m, with Leevan Sands of the Bahamas, Walter Davis of US, Marian Oprea of Romanie and Jadel Gregario of Brazil as top qualifiers.
		Kente Bell moved on, but the US jumper had one of the shortest qualifiers.
	www.american-trackandfield.com /news/atfnewswireAug10clay.html (893 words)

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