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| Nationality | Romanian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 July 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long Jump | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
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