Roxana Maracineanu
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Roxana Maracineanu (Romanian pronunciation: [rokˈsana mərətʃiˈne̯anu]; born 7 May 1975) is a Romanian-born French politician, former swimming champion and television consultant who served as Minister Delegate in charge of Sports in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022)[1] and as Minister of Sports under Édouard Philippe (2018–2022).[2]
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Roxana Mărăcineanu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister Delegate in charge of Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Jean Castex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister of Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 4 September 2018 – 6 July 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Laura Flessel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jean-Michel Blanquer (National Education, Youth and Sports) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1975-05-07) 7 May 1975 (age 49) Bucharest, Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Citizenship | French Romanian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Franck Ballanger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sports career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Mulhouse Olympic Nautique | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Born in Romania, Maracineanu moved to France as a child, acquiring the citizenship via naturalisation at age 16. An accomplished swimmer Maracineanu became the first French world swimming champion in January 1998. She won silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[3] She entered politics in 2010 with the Socialist Party by being elected regional councillor of Île-de-France, a mandate she held until 2015.
She was the Ensemble candidate in Val-de-Marne's 7th constituency in the 2022 French legislative election,[4] but lost out to Rachel Keke from NUPES.[5]