Adrian Proteasa is a retired Romania

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High jump

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Proteasa won the bronze medal

Bronze medal

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 at the 1980 European Indoor Championships

1980 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

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 and finished seventh at the 1980 Olympic Games

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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. He became national champion five times in a row, from 1977 through 1981.

His personal best jump was 2.26 metres, achieved in July 1980 in Bucharest

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On the indoor track he jumped 2.29 metres, in Sindelfingen

Sindelfingen

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 1980.

Proteasa is currently a high jumping coach based in Norway

Norway

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