Florentina Costina Iusco (; born 8 April 1996) is a Romanian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump.
Career Iusco grew up in Deva, Romania, a city famous for gymnastics. She was interested in sports and as her physique was not suited to gymnastics she focused on athletics instead. Her international debut came at the senior level when she was aged sixteen. At the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships she came 17th, failing to go beyond six metres.Minshull, Phil (2013-07-14). Double Donetsk champion Marincu dreaming of emulating Romanian great Cusmir-Stanciu. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-07. She came to prominence internationally with a gold medal double in the long jump and triple jump at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – becoming only the second athlete to achieve that feat, after her compatriot Cristine Spataru.Mulkeen, Jon (2013-07-14). Marincu secures jumps double as Jamaica tops medals table – IAAF World Youth Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-07. She ended that year with personal bests of for the long jump and for the triple jump.Florentina Marincu. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
In her 2014 season, she set a series of personal bests, including for the long jump, 11.85 seconds for the 100 metres and 7.40 seconds for the 60 metres. Iusco won her first senior medal at the age of eighteen at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – after a jump of in the qualifying round, she had a personal best of in the final, which brought her the bronze medal behind Ivana Španović and Sosthene Taroum Moguenara.Badea, Elena (2015-03-07). CE de sală de la Praga: Florentina Marincu, bronz la săritura în lungime. DC News. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
Iusco is currently serving a two-year competition ban set to run from February 2024 to January 2026 in relation to an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for furosemide in April 2023. Iusco's initial reprimand and no period of ineligibility issued by the Romania's National Anti-Doping Organisation was overturned by CAS following an appeal by WADA. All of her results backdated to April 2023 were disqualified.
Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 11.86 seconds (2014) Long jump – (2019) Triple jump – (2013)
Indoor 60 metres – 7.40 seconds (2014) Long jump – (2015) Triple jump – (2013)
International competitions 2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden17thLong jump5.98 mWorld Youth ChampionshipsDonetsk, Ukraine1stLong jump6.42 m1stTriple jump13.75 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic3rdLong jump6.79 mWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China—Long jumpNM2019UniversiadeNaples, Italy3rdLong jump6.55 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar29th (q)Long jump6.22 m2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland8thLong jump6.38 m12th (q)Triple jump13.65 mOlympic GamesTokyo, Japan20th (q)Long jump6.36 m2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia14thLong jump6.24 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany –Long jumpNM2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey14th (q)Long jump6.37 m2024European ChampionshipsRome, ItalyDSQLong jump6.58 mDSQTriple jump13.76 m
References
External links