Maricica Puică
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women's Athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1984 Los Angeles | 3000 m | |
| Bronze | 1984 Los Angeles | 1500 m | |
Maricica Puică (born July 29, 1950 in Iaşi) is a former Romanian former middle distance athlete, who won the 3000 meters gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, in a race remembered primarily for the collision of Mary Decker and Zola Budd.
In 1989 she spoke on Romanian television in support of the revolutionaries fighting against the regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu.
| Olympic champions in women's 3000 m |
|---|
| 1984 Maricica Puică | 1988 Tatyana Samolenko | 1992 Yelena Romanova |
| Note: in 1996 the 3000 m was replaced by the 5000 m |
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