Romania’s Amelia Ioana Negulescu won silver in the women’s triple jump at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar on Sunday, 8 November, setting a personal best of 12.67 metres to finish two centimetres behind Spain’s Gift Okunrobo.
The 16-year-old from Bacău, who trains under Cristi Nemțeanu at SCM and CSȘ Bacău, won silver at the world school championships last year and bronze at the Balkan Under-18 Championships earlier this year.
“I’m going to Dakar to win a medal, not just to take part,” Negulescu told Romanian newspaper Deșteptarea a week before the event.
Nemțeanu said he had expected Negulescu to reach the podium. Her previous legal best was 12.58 metres, although she had jumped 12.85 metres with wind assistance, he said.
Negulescu’s silver brought Romania’s medal tally in Dakar to four, including two golds.
