Catalin Cîmpeanu (born 10 March 1985 in Bacău) is a Romanian athlete specialising in the sprinting events, early in his career concentrating on the 400 metres, before later moving down to 100 metres.^[1] He represented his country at many continental level international competitions, his best result being the seventh place at the 2014 European Championships.

He co-holds the national record in the outdoor and indoor 4 × 400 metres relay, as well as in the indoor 60 metres.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Romania
2005	European U23 Championships	Erfurt, Germany	26th (h)	400 m	47.90
			4th	4x400 m relay	3:05.29
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	28th (h)	400 m	47.16
			6th	4x400 m relay	3:04.53
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	10th (sf)	400 m	47.60
			5th	4x400 m relay	3:10.75
	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	14th (sf)	400 m	47.75
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	29th (h)	60 m	6.88
			25th (h)	400 m	48.66
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	8th (sf)	100 m	10.44
			31st (h)	200 m	21.66
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	19th (sf)	400 m	46.43
			16th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:09.48
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	27th (h)	100 m	10.65
			26th (h)	200 m	21.37
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th (sf)	60 m	6.66
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	7th	100 m	10.44
			13th (h)	4x100 m relay	39.67
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	19th (sf)	60 m	6.73
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	16th (h)	4x100 m relay	39.98

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.28 (0.0 m/s) (Bucharest 2008)
• 200 metres – 20.81 (+0.7 m/s) (Bucharest 2008)
• 400 metres – 46.17 (Barcelona 2010)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.60 (Bucharest 2013) NR
• 400 metres – 47.05 (Birmingham 2007)

References