Daniela Costian

Daniela Costian
Personal information
Nationality	Romanian (until 1991); Australian (after 1991)
Born	April 30, 1965; Brăila, Romania
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	Romania; Australia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw
Turned pro	1984
Retired	2000
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	73.84 m (1988)
Women's Athletics
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
World Championships
Commonwealth Games

Daniela Costian (born 30 April 1965) is a former Olympic discus throw bronze medallist. She was born in Brăila, Romania, but became an Australian citizen in 1990. She competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. She won a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics.

Her personal best throw reached a distance of 73.84 m. Set in 1988, it was a Romanian record. Her best result achieved for Australia was 68.72 metres in 1994. This was both the Australian and the Oceanian record for 23 years until it was broken by Dani Stevens in August 2017.[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Australia
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	Discus	66.24 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	14th	Discus	61.66 m

References

World Championships: How fear drove Dani Stevens back to podium. theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved August 15, 2017.

External links

Daniela Costian at World Athletics
Profile at athletics.com.au

Sporting positions
Preceded by Larisa Korotkevich	Women's Discus Best Year Performance alongside Ilke Wyludda 1994	Succeeded by Mette Bergmann

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[1] World Championships: How fear drove Dani Stevens back to podium. theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved August 15, 2017.