Ileana Silai
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Ileana Silai (née Gergely; 14 October 1941 – 27 June 2025) was a Romanian middle-distance runner. She competed in the 800 m at the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympics and in the 1500 m at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. She won a silver over 800 m in 1968. At the European indoor championships, she won silver medals in the 800 metres in 1971 and 1972 and a gold in the 1500 m in 1978. Silai died in June 2025, at the age of 83.[1]
Biography
Silai took up athletics in 1957, following her brother, and first trained in sprint and long jump. She then married and had a break from athletics until 1963. After retiring she moved to Munich, Germany, where her husband worked as an architect and she trained children. From 1991 onwards, she was not involved with sport.[2]
Doping
In 1979, Silai was banned for 18 months for taking anabolic steroids.[3][4] After 8 months she was reinstated[5] after IAAF President Adriaan Paulen of the Netherlands said that an 18-month suspension in the steroid case would have kept the women out of the Moscow Olympics, which would have constituted "an extra penalty." He said that the IAAF Council had therefore reinstated them for "humane reasons."
References
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- ↑ Gál, László (29 August 2016). Kolozsvár elfeledett olimpikonja: Silay Ilona. Transindex.ro
- ↑ 7 women fail dope test, The Deseret News, 25 October 1979
- ↑ Scorecard. In: Sports Illustrated. 31 March 1980
- ↑ Olympic Review: Within the IFs (PDF; 386 kB). 1980
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