About Roxana Bârcă
Born 1988. Roxana Bârcă is a Romanian athletics competitor.
Roxana Elisabeta Rotaru, née Bârcă (born 22 June 1988) is a Romanian long-distance runner. She represented her country in the 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. She also competed at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, coming tenth in the 3000 metres.
She came third at the World University Cross Country Championships in 2012 and was part of the silver medal-winning Romanian team alongside Ancuta Bobocel.
She served a two-year doping ban for the use of a prohibited substance, Methasterone, at the 2013 Summer Universiade, where she originally won the gold medal in the 5000 metres. The ban lasted from 11 July 2013 to 3 September 2015.
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Who is Roxana Bârcă?
Romanian long-distance runner
When was Roxana Bârcă born?
Roxana Bârcă was born on 22 June 1988 in Bucharest.
What is Roxana Bârcă's occupation?
Roxana Bârcă is an athletics competitor.
What nationality is Roxana Bârcă?
Roxana Bârcă is Romanian.
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