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Cătălin Cîmpeanu

Romanian sprinter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ16538264 ↗
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Catalin Cîmpeanu (born 10 March 1985) is a Romanian athlete specialising in the sprinting events, early in his career concentrating on the 400 metres, before later moving down to 100 metres. He represented his country at many continental level international competitions, his best result being the seventh place at the 2014 European Championships.

He co-holds the national record in the outdoor and indoor 4 × 400 metres relay, as well as in the indoor 60 metres.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985-03-10. The account is most persuasive where Cătălin, Cîmpeanu and Romanian can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Cătălin Cîmpeanu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.