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Gabriel Bitan

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Gabriel Bitan
Bitan in 2022
Personal information
NationalityRomanian
Born (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 26)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Long jump outdoor: 8.11m (2021)
  • Long jump indoor: 8.14m (2021)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Romania
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Istanbul Long jump

Gabriel Bitan (born 23 July 1998) is a track and field athlete from Romania. He was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in the long jump.

Career

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From Bucharest,[1] Bitan won has won multiple Romanian national long jump titles, indoors and outdoors, since his first wins in both in 2019.[2] He also won the 2021 and 2022 Balkan Athletics Championships.[3][4]

Competing at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland Bitan finished in eighth place in Torun.[5]

Bitan won bronze at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, with a jump of eight metres.[6] After the event he implied credit to his coach Anișoara Cușmir for giving him the advice to improve his jumps and win the medal.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Gabriel Bitan". cosr.ro. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Gabriel Bitan". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. ^ "British 800m runners in winning form – overseas round-up". Athletics Weekly. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  4. ^ "74rd BALKAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). Balkan Athletics. 30 June 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Gabriel Bitan, bronze medal in the long jump, at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul". sport.ro. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Gabriel Bitan won a bronze medal in the long jump at the European Indoor Championships". transtelex.ro. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Gabriel Bitan, the first words after bringing Romania a new medal at the European Indoor Athletics Championships! Bronze in the long jump for the 24-year-old athlete! "It means a lot to me"". prosport.ro. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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