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Women's athletics | ||
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European Indoor Championships | ||
1996 Stockholm | Pole vault |
Gabriela Mihalcea (née Margineanu; born 27 January 1964) is a Romanian former track and field athlete who competed in the high jump and pole vault. She holds the Romanian record of 4.25 m (13 ft 11+1⁄4 in) for the pole vault. She was two-time national champion in high jump and a six-time pole vault champion.
Mihalcea was the foremost Romanian woman vaulter following the event's introduction to the standard programme and won the bronze medal at the first major international championship: the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She appeared in the first world level competition (the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships) and was fourth in the event's debut at the 1998 European Athletics Championships.