Ionuț Pungă

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Ionuţ Pungă (born 14 October 1979) is a retired Romanian triple jumper. Originally a hurdler, he holds the European age record for the age of 15 with 14.73 over 110 metres hurdles.[citation needed] He later switched to triple jump and won the 1998 World Junior Championships with a jump of 16.94 metres, only 10 centimetres behind the championship record set by Yoelbi Quesada in 1994. The next year Punga finished 5th at the World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.04 metres, which he achieved twice in June 1999.

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   Romania
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 3rd Triple jump 16.15 m w (wind: +3.1 m/s)
1997 European Junior Championships Ljubljana, Slovenia 2nd Triple jump 16.43 m w (wind: +2.7 m/s)
1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 1st Triple jump 16.94 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 5th Triple jump 16.87 m
European U23 Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 13th (sf) 110m hurdles 14.00 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
1st Triple jump 16.73 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 14th (q) Triple jump 16.72 m
2001 European U23 Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 3rd Triple jump 16.81 m (wind: -0.2 m/s)
EVENT PERFORMANCE
60 Metres Hurdles 7.75
110 Metres Hurdles 13.79
60 Metres 6.74
100 Metres 10.67
Triple jump 17.05
Long Jump 7.68
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