Gabriel Bitan

Gabriel Bitan

Bitan in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	Romanian
Born	(1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 26)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long 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 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

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

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.

External links

• Gabriel Bitan at World Athletics