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Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for Romania
Olympic Games
Gold	1984 Los Angeles	800 m
Silver	1984 Los Angeles	1500 m
World Championships
Bronze	1987 Rome	1500 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold	1985 Indianapolis	1500 m
Gold	1987 Budapest	1500 m
European Championships
Bronze	1986 Stuttgart	1500 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold	1985 Pireaus	1500 m
Gold	1988 Sportcsàrnok	1500 m
Gold	1990 Glasgow	1500 m
Summer Universiade
Gold	1981 Bucharest	800 metres

Doina Ofelia Melinte (born December 27, 1956 in Hudeşti, Botoşani) is a retired Romanian athlete.

She won gold medals over 1500 metres at the European Indoor Championships in 1985, 1988 und 1990, the latter race even being a European record time with 4:00.27. On the same day she set another new European record with 4:17.14 over the distance of 1 mile.

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles she won a gold medal in 800 metres ahead of Kim Gallagher (silver) and countrywoman Fita Lovin (bronze) as well as the silver medal in 1500 metres behind Gabriella Dorio (gold) and ahead of another Romanian, Maricica Puica (Bronze).

She continued to win a 1500 m bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships, and a year later she set a new championship record with 4:05.68 at the 2nd World Indoor Championships and finished third at the outdoor World Championships. She tried to defend her World Indoor title in 1989, and won again with a new championship record of 4:04.79

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IAAF profile for Doina Melinte

v • d • e Olympic Champions in Women's 800 m

1928: Lina Radke • 1960: Lyudmila Shevtsova • 1964: Ann Packer • 1968: Madeline Manning • 1972: Hildegard Falck • 1976: Tatyana Kazankina • 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko • 1984: Doina Melinte • 1988: Sigrun Wodars • 1992: Ellen van Langen • 1996: Svetlana Masterkova • 2000: Maria de Lurdes Mutola • 2004: Kelly Holmes • 2008: Pamela Jelimo

v • d • e World Indoor Champions in Women's 1500 m

1985: Elly van Hulst (NED) • 1987 – 1989: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1991: Lyudmila Rogachova (URS) • 1993: Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS) • 1995: Regina Jacobs (USA) • 1997: Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS) • 1999: Gabriela Szabo (ROM) • 2001: Hasna Benhassi (MAR) • 2003: Regina Jacobs (USA) • 2004: Kutre Dulecha (ETH) • 2006: Yuliya Fomenko (RUS) • 2008: Yelena Soboleva (RUS)

Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 800 m

1959: Nicole Goullieux (FRA) • 1961: Antje Gleichfeld (FRG) • 1963: Olga Kazi (HUN) • 1965: Laine Erik (URS) • 1967: Madeline Manning (USA) • 1970: Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) • 1973: Liyana Tomova (BUL) • 1975: Nina Morgunova (URS) • 1977: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1979: Nadezhda Mushta (URS) • 1981: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1983: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) • 1985: Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (URS) • 1987: Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) • 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1991: Inna Yevseyeva (URS) • 1993: Amy Wickus (USA) • 1995: Stella Jongmans (NED) • 1997: Irina Nedelenko (UKR) • 1999: Yuliya Taranova (RUS) • 2001: Brigita Langerholc (SLO) • 2003: Liliana Popescu (ROM) • 2005: Svetlana Klyuka (RUS) • 2007: Yuliya Krevsun (UKR) • 2009: Madeleine Pape (AUS)

World Best Year Performance in Women's 800 m

1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) • 1977: Ileana Silai (ROM) • 1978: Tatyana Providokhina (URS) • 1979: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) • 1981: Lyudmila Veselkova (URS) • 1982: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) • 1984: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) • 1985: Ella Kovacs (ROM) • 1986: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1987: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) • 1988: Inna Yevseyeva and Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) • 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1990: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) • 1991: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1992: Ellen van Langen (NED) • 1993 – 1995: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1997: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1998: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 1999: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 2000–2001: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 2002: Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) • 2003: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 2004–2005: Tatyana Andrianova (RUS) • 2006–2007: Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei (KEN) • 2008: Pamela Jelimo (KEN)

World Best Year Performance in Women's 1500 m

1970 – 1971: Karin Burneleit (GDR) • 1972: Lyudmila Bragina (URS) • 1973: Karin Krebs (GDR) • 1974: Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) • 1975: Nina Morgunova (URS) • 1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) • 1977: Natalia Marasescu (ROM) • 1978: Gyana Romanova (URS) • 1979: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1980: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) • 1981 – 1982: Olga Dvirna (URS) • 1983: Mary Slaney (USA) • 1984: Nadezhda Ralldugina (URS) • 1985: Mary Slaney (USA) • 1986: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1987: Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS) • 1988 – 1989: Paula Ivan (ROU) • 1990: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1991: Natalya Artyomova (RUS) • 1992: Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) • 1993: Qu Yunxia (CHN) • 1994 – 1995: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) • 1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1997: Jiang Bo (CHN) • 1998: Gabriela Szabo (ROM) • 1999: Violeta Szekely (ROM) • 2000: Suzy Favor-Hamilton (USA) • 2001: Violeta Szekely (ROM) • 2002 – 2003: Süreyya Ayhan (TUR) • 2004: Kelly Holmes (GBR) • 2005: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) • 2006: Yuliya Fomenko (RUS) • 2007 – 2008: Yelena Soboleva (RUS)

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