Alexandra Ștefania Uță
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| Nationality | Romanian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 2007 Râmnicu Vâlcea | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Hurdles | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m hurdles: 55.55 (Tampere, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
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Alexandra Ștefania Uță (born 6 October 2007) is a Romanian hurdler. She became national champion in the 400 metres hurdles for the first time in 2023 and retained the title in 2024. At the age of 16 years-old she was the youngest competitor at the 2024 European Athletics Championships. She won gold at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships.[1]
Early life
She started athletics at the age of 12 years-old. She was educated at Mircea cel Bătrân National College in Râmnicu Vâlcea.[2]
Career
She started training in athletics at the age of 12 years-old. She has dual registration at CS Vâlcea 1924 and CSM Onești athletics clubs. She trains in Râmnicu Vâlcea with coach Alina Enescu, the daughter of Viorica and Octavian Enescu, who trained 2004 Olympic medalist Ionela Tîrlea.[3]
At the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, she won the silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles and gold in the relay.[3] She became Romanian senior champion in the 400 metres hurdles in 2023 at the age of 15 years-old.[4] She was a bronze medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem. At the age of 15 years-old she was the youngest athlete to win a medal at the Championships.[5][6] She finished the 2023 season ranked first in the world for the under-18 400m hurdles and second in the world in the U20 400m hurdles.[3]
In February 2024, she won the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships 400 metres race in Istanbul, Turkey, in a time of 54.69 seconds.[7] She competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome where at the age of 16 years-old she youngest entrant to compete at the Championships.[8] In June 2024, she retained her national 400m hurdles title.[9]
She competed at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, qualifying fastest, winning her heat in 57.64 before reaching the final with 57.40.[10][11] She set a new championship record of 55.55 seconds to win the gold medal in the final breaking the previous best set by Zuzana Hejnova in 2005.[12][13] She placed seventh in the Diamond League event at the 2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, in Poland, in the 400 metres hurdles on 16 August.[14]
References
- ^ "Alexandra Stefania Ută". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Ștefania Uță, a 16-year-old young woman, the most promising athlete in Romania". revistabiz.ro. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "RUNNING after a DREAM. The story of the young woman who conquers the world of athletics. Ștefania Uță broke the record of the legendary Ionela Tîrlea". Gandul.ro (in Romanian). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ^ Raducanu, Mara (28 June 2024). "RUNNING after a DREAM. The story of the young woman who conquers the world of athletics. Ștefania Uță broke the record of the legendary Ionela Tîrlea". gandul.ro. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "10 stars to watch in Banska Bystrica 2024". European Athletics. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Dumitrescu, Radu (11 August 2023). "Romanian Alexandra Ştefania Uţă wins bronze in 400m hurdles at European Athletics U20". Romania-insider. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Balkan Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 10 Feb 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ^ Sion, Dan (3 June 2024). "Ștefania Alexandra Uță (CSM Onești/ CS Vâlcea 1924), cea mai tânără participantă a Europenelor de Seniori de la Roma!". Desteptarea.ro. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Romanian Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Italian sprint star Doualla Edimo speeds through to 100m final". European Athletics. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "World U20 record! Troscianka wins European U20 decathlon gold with 8514 points". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "So close to the European U20 record! Rada storms to 400m hurdles gold in 48.78". European Athletics. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "THREE GOLDS FOR BRITAIN ON DAY THREE OF THE EUROPEAN U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Results - Silesia Diamond League Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025". Watch Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.