Claudia Mihaela Bobocea (born 11 June 1992) is a Romanian middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.
Bobocea represented Romania at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She won multiple national titles both outdoors and indoors (mostly over 800 metres).
In 2025, Bobocea was issued with a two-year ban set to expire in August 2027 for an anti-doping rule violation for whereabouts failures. It was reported in Romanian news that all of her results had been disqualifed backdated to August 2023 (the original date of the infraction).
Statistics Competition record 2011European Junior ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia20th (h)800 m2:12.902013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland9th1500 m4:20.392014World RelaysNassau, Bahamas7th4 × 800 m relay8:23.124th4 × 1500 m relay17:51.482015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic18th (h)3000 m9:27.82European Team Championships, 1st LeagueHeraklion, Greece1st1500 m4:14.58 UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea12th1500 m4:31.272016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, OR, United States15th (h)1500 m4:12.38Balkan ChampionshipsPitești, Romania1st1500 m4:16.94European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands–800 mDNF19th (h)1500 m4:18.98Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil51st (h)800 m2:03.752017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia16th (h)1500 m4:16.98European Team Championships, 1st LeagueVaasa, Finland1st1500 m4:14.50World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom35th (h)1500 m4:11.20UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan11th1500 m4:22.852018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom25th (h)1500 m4:24.6013th3000 m9:23.70European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany22nd (h)1500 m4:16.202019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom7th1500 m4:13.40World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar24th (sf)1500 m4:18.252020Balkan ChampionshipsCluj-Napoca, Romania1st800 m2:03.321st1500 m4:12.952021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland18th (h)1500 m4:18.00Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan]33rd (h)1500 m4:09.192022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia9th1500 m4:09.64Balkan ChampionshipsCraiova, Romania1st800 m2:01.84European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany11th1500 m4:07.742023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey2nd1500 m4:03.76 PBWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary – (h)800 mDQ – (h)1500 mDQ2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom – (h)800 mDQ –1500 mDQq
Personal bests 800 metres – 2:01.37 (Ostrava 2020) 800 metres indoor – 2:04.58 (Bucharest 2016) 1000 metres – 2:42.92 (Bucharest 2015) 1000 metres indoor – 2:35.35 (Birmingham 2023) 1500 metres – 4:01.10 (Ostrava 2022) 1500 metres indoor – 4:03.76 (Istanbul 2023) 3000 metres – 8:55.34 (Osaka 2018) 3000 metres indoor – 8:47.59 (Madrid 2019)
National titles Romanian Athletics Championships 800 metres: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 1500 metres: 2018 4 × 400 m relay: 2017 Romanian Indoor Athletics Championships 800 metres: 2016, 2018, 2020 1500 metres: 2015 3000 metres: 2015
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