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{{short description|Romanian middle-distance runner}}
{{no footnotes|date=June 2013}}
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|image = Maria_Cioncan.jpg
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| sport = Women's [[sport of athletics|athletics]]
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{{Medal|Competition|[[2004 Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|Women's 1,500 metres|1500 m}}
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'''Maria Cioncan''' (19 June 1977 &ndash; 21 January 2007) was a middle distance runner from [[Romania]], best known for winning a bronze medal in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 1,500 metres|1500 metres event]] at the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]].

==Life==
Born in [[Maieru]], she set personal bests in both 800 and 1500 metres during the games. Her 2005 season was cut short, and her only notable competition appearance was at the SPAR European Cup in Firenze, Italy where she won the 800 (2:00.88) and placed second in the 1500 (4:07.39). Cioncan's last competition on the top international level was the [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006 World Indoor Championships]], where she failed to progress past the first heat of the 800m. Earlier that indoor season she ran an indoor personal best of 2:01.70.

On 21 January 2007 Cioncan died in a car accident near [[Pleven]], [[Bulgaria]]. She was returning from a training camp in Greece when her vehicle flipped over and struck a tree, killing her instantly.

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{ROM}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|rowspan=2|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
| –
|800 m
|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 800 metres|DNF]]
|-
|7th
|1500 m
|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 1500 metres|4:14.00]]
|-
|2001
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Lisbon]], Portugal
|16th (h)
|1500 m
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres|4:17.47]]
|-
|2002
|[[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Vienna]], Austria
|11th
|3000 m
|[[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres|9:08.07]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2003
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Birmingham]], United Kingdom
|16th (h)
|1500 m
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres|4:14.52]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Paris]], France
|9th (sf)
|800 m
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|2:00.72]]
|-
|9th
|1500 m
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres|4:02.80]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2004
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Athens]], Greece
|7th
|800 m
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|1:59.62]]
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|1500 m
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres|3:58.39]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2004 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|rowspan=2|[[Monte Carlo]], Monaco
|8th
|800 m
|2:04.55
|-
|10th
|1500 m
|4:08.09
|-
|2006
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Moscow]], Russia
|16th (h)
|800 m
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:05.17]]
|}

===Personal bests===
*[[800 metres]] - 1:59.44 min (2004)
*[[1500 metres]] - 3:58.39 min (2004)
*[[3000 metres]] - 8:57.71 min (2002)

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/romania/maria-cioncan-14295501|title=Maria Cioncan|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=August 31, 2023}}
*{{cite news |author=Press Association |title=Cioncan, Olympic 1500m bronze medallist, killed in car accident |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=131072/newsId=37292.html |publisher=IAAF |date=21 January 2007 |access-date=2007-01-21 }}
*http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n103809

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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:Romanian female middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bistrița-Năsăud County]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Romania]]
[[Category:Road incident deaths in Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Romania]]
[[Category:Deaths of competitors in athletics]]


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