Daniel Ionut Betej
ROUMenBirth dateJul 3, 1987
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Daniel Ionut Betej is a Romania middle-distance runner, born on July 3, 1987. He competes primarily in the 800m, 1500m and 3000m.
His personal bests include 1:53.59 in the 800m, 3:47.84 in the 1500m, 8:16.20 in the 3000m, 14:44.16 in the 5000m and 1:11:29 in the Semi. He has earned 3 gold medals in major international competitions. He is currently active on the international athletics circuit, representing Romania.
Key facts
3000 m steeplechase
8:54.90
1500 Metres Short Track
3:50.58
Age
39 years old
As of Oct 2, 2026: 3000 m steeplechase 8:54.90, 1500 Metres Short Track 3:50.58, 2021 season best 9:34.57 (Jun 4, 2021, Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca (ROU)) · Last competition: Romanian Championships, Jun 4, 2021, 9:34.57 · 39 years old
PB
Personal bests
1:53.59
3:47.84
3000m
8:16.20
14:44.16
1:11:29
8:54.90
1500m-short-tracki
3:50.58
1500m-short-track
3:50.58
3000m-short-track
8:18.93
3000m-short-tracki
8:18.93
800m-short-tracki
1:53.97
800m-short-track
1:53.97
1000mi
2:34.5HT
1000m-short-tracki
2:34.5HT
1000m-short-track
2:34.5HT
4x400Metre
3:20.50
4x400Metrei
3:20.50
Performance Charts
Season bests
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Trend | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1500m | 4:01.31 | - | May 21, 2021 | ↓ | Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin, Pitesti (ROU) |
| 2021 | 3000mSt | 9:34.57 | - | Jun 4, 2021 | ↓ | Romanian Championships |
| 2020 | 1500m-short-track | 3:59.42 | - | Feb 1, 2020 | ↓ | - |
| 2020 | 1500mi | 3:59.42 | - | Feb 1, 2020 | ↓ | Sala de Atletism Ioan Soter, Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2020 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:59.42 | - | Feb 1, 2020 | ↓ | Sala de Atletism Ioan Soter, Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2020 | 3000mi | 8:38.09 | - | Feb 29, 2020 | ↑ | Romanian Indoor Championships |
| 2020 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:38.09 | - | Feb 29, 2020 | ↓ | Romanian Indoor Championships |
| 2020 | 3000m-short-track | 8:43.58 | - | Feb 2, 2020 | ↓ | - |
| 2020 | 3000mSt | 9:27.54 | - | Sep 4, 2020 | ↓ | Romanian Championships |
| 2019 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:57.23 | - | Feb 6, 2019 | ↓ | Romanian Indoor Championships, Bucureşti (i) |
| 2019 | 1500mi | 3:57.23 | - | Feb 6, 2019 | ↓ | Romanian Indoor Championships, Bucureşti (i) |
| 2019 | 1500m-short-track | 4:00.92 | - | Jan 19, 2019 | ↓ | - |
| 2019 | 3000mi | 8:41.20 | - | Jan 20, 2019 | ↑ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2019 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:41.20 | - | Jan 20, 2019 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2019 | 3000m-short-track | 8:41.20 | - | Jan 20, 2019 | ↓ | - |
| 2019 | 3000mSt | 9:16.42 | - | Jun 7, 2019 | ↓ | Cluj-Napoca (ROU) |
| 2019 | 5000m | 15:32.66 | - | Jun 8, 2019 | ↓ | Cluj-Napoca (ROU) |
| 2018 | 1500mi | 3:54.62 | - | Feb 3, 2018 | ↓ | Bucuresti Romanian Indoor Championships |
| 2018 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:54.62 | - | Feb 3, 2018 | ↓ | Bucuresti Romanian Indoor Championships |
| 2018 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:33.19 | - | Feb 4, 2018 | ↓ | Bucuresti Romanian Indoor Championships |
| 2018 | 3000mi | 8:33.19 | - | Feb 4, 2018 | ↑ | Bucuresti Romanian Indoor Championships |
| 2018 | 3000mSt | 9:05.28 | - | Jul 26, 2018 | ↓ | Romanian Championships, Pitesti |
| 2018 | 5000m | 15:12.45 | - | Jul 27, 2018 | ↓ | Romanian Championships, Pitesti |
| 2017 | 1500mi | 3:53.32 | - | Feb 11, 2017 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2017 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:53.32 | - | Feb 11, 2017 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2017 | 1500m-short-track | 3:53.32 | - | Feb 11, 2017 | ↓ | - |
| 2017 | 3000mi | 8:20.75 | - | Feb 19, 2017 | ↑ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2017 | 3000m-short-track | 8:20.75 | - | Feb 19, 2017 | ↓ | - |
| 2017 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:20.75 | - | Feb 19, 2017 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2017 | 3000mSt | 8:58.74 | - | Jul 7, 2017 | ↓ | Pitesti (ROU) |
| 2017 | 5000m | 14:48.58 | - | May 21, 2017 | ↓ | Pitesti (ROU) |
| 2016 | 4x400Metrei | 3:20.50 | - | Feb 27, 2016 | → | Istanbul (TUR) (i) |
| 2016 | 4x400Metre | 3:20.50 | - | Feb 27, 2016 | → | - |
| 2016 | 1500mi | 3:50.82 | - | Feb 13, 2016 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2016 | 1500m-short-track | 3:50.82 | - | Feb 13, 2016 | ↓ | - |
| 2016 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:50.82 | - | Feb 13, 2016 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2016 | 1500m | 3:54.85 | - | May 21, 2016 | ↓ | - |
| 2016 | 3000m-short-track | 8:19.17 | - | Feb 27, 2016 | ↓ | - |
| 2016 | 3000mi | 8:19.17 | - | Feb 27, 2016 | ↑ | Istanbul (TUR) (i) |
| 2016 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:19.17 | - | Feb 27, 2016 | ↓ | Istanbul (TUR) (i) |
| 2016 | 3000mSt | 8:59.15 | - | Jul 16, 2016 | ↓ | Cluj-Napoca (ROU) |
| 2016 | 5000m | 14:44.16 | - | Jul 17, 2016 | ↓ | Cluj-Napoca (ROU) |
| 2015 | 1500m-short-track | 3:50.58 | - | Feb 14, 2015 | ↓ | - |
| 2015 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:50.58 | - | Feb 14, 2015 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2015 | 1500mi | 3:50.58 | - | Feb 14, 2015 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2015 | 3000m-short-track | 8:22.11 | - | Feb 15, 2015 | ↓ | - |
| 2015 | 3000mi | 8:22.11 | - | Feb 15, 2015 | ↑ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2015 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:22.11 | - | Feb 15, 2015 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2015 | 3000mSt | 8:58.02 | - | Jul 25, 2015 | ↓ | Pitesti (ROU) |
| 2015 | 5000m | 14:52.06 | - | Jul 26, 2015 | ↓ | Pitesti (ROU) |
| 2014 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:50.97 | - | Feb 15, 2014 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2014 | 1500m-short-track | 3:50.97 | - | Feb 15, 2014 | ↓ | - |
| 2014 | 1500mi | 3:50.97 | - | Feb 15, 2014 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2014 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:18.93 | - | Feb 22, 2014 | ↓ | Istanbul (TUR) (i) |
| 2014 | 3000m-short-track | 8:18.93 | - | Feb 22, 2014 | ↓ | - |
| 2014 | 3000mi | 8:18.93 | - | Feb 22, 2014 | ↑ | Istanbul (TUR) (i) |
| 2013 | 1000m-short-tracki | 2:34.5h | - | Jan 27, 2013 | → | Nyíregyháza (HUN) (i) |
| 2013 | 1000m-short-track | 2:34.5h | - | Jan 27, 2013 | → | - |
| 2013 | 1000mi | 2:34.5h | - | Jan 27, 2013 | - | Nyíregyháza (HUN) (i) |
| 2013 | 1500m | 3:49.98 | - | Jun 29, 2013 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2013 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:56.58 | - | Feb 9, 2013 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2013 | 1500m-short-track | 3:56.58 | - | Feb 9, 2013 | ↓ | - |
| 2013 | 3000m | 8:16.20 | - | Jun 7, 2013 | ↑ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2013 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:26.76 | - | Feb 10, 2013 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2013 | 3000m-short-track | 8:26.76 | - | Feb 10, 2013 | ↓ | - |
| 2013 | 3000mSt | 8:54.90 | - | Jun 28, 2013 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2012 | 1500m | 3:49.82 | - | Jun 8, 2012 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2012 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:54.52 | - | Jan 14, 2012 | ↓ | Bacãu (ROU) (i) |
| 2012 | 1500m-short-track | 3:54.52 | - | Jan 14, 2012 | ↓ | - |
| 2012 | 3000mi | 8:27.99 | - | Jan 15, 2012 | ↑ | Bacãu (ROU) (i) |
| 2012 | 3000m-short-track | 8:27.99 | - | Jan 15, 2012 | ↓ | - |
| 2012 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:27.99 | - | Jan 15, 2012 | ↓ | Bacãu (ROU) (i) |
| 2012 | 3000mSt | 9:06.89 | - | Jul 5, 2012 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2012 | 5000m | 14:49.55 | - | Jul 6, 2012 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2011 | 800m | 1:53.59 | - | Aug 10, 2011 | ↑ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2011 | 1500m | 3:47.84 | - | Aug 9, 2011 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2011 | 1500m-short-track | 3:51.98 | - | Feb 5, 2011 | ↓ | - |
| 2011 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:51.98 | - | Feb 5, 2011 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2011 | 3000m-short-track | 8:22.81 | - | Feb 19, 2011 | ↓ | - |
| 2011 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:22.81 | - | Feb 19, 2011 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2011 | 3000mi | 8:22.81 | - | Feb 19, 2011 | ↑ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2011 | 3000m | 8:23.59 | - | Jun 18, 2011 | ↑ | European Athletics Team Championships First League, Izmir |
| 2010 | 800mi | 1:53.97 | - | Feb 20, 2010 | ↑ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2010 | 800m-short-tracki | 1:53.97 | - | Feb 20, 2010 | → | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2010 | 800m-short-track | 1:53.97 | - | Feb 20, 2010 | → | - |
| 2010 | 1500m | 3:51.24 | - | Jul 3, 2010 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2010 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:52.88 | - | Feb 14, 2010 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2010 | 1500m-short-track | 3:52.88 | - | Feb 14, 2010 | ↓ | - |
| 2010 | 3000m | 8:16.44 | - | May 29, 2010 | ↑ | Kalamata (GRE) |
| 2010 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:21.61 | - | Feb 28, 2010 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2010 | 3000m-short-track | 8:21.61 | - | Feb 28, 2010 | ↓ | - |
| 2010 | 3000mSt | 8:57.57 | - | Jun 4, 2010 | ↓ | Constanta (ROU) |
| 2010 | 5000m | 15:13.55 | - | Jul 17, 2010 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2010 | Semi | 1:12:51 | - | Sep 4, 2010 | ↓ | Slanic Prahova (ROU) |
| 2009 | 1500m-short-track | 3:55.98 | - | Feb 7, 2009 | ↓ | - |
| 2009 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:55.98 | - | Feb 7, 2009 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2009 | 1500mi | 3:55.98 | - | Feb 7, 2009 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2009 | 3000m | 8:21.91 | - | Jun 12, 2009 | ↑ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2009 | 3000m-short-track | 8:37.17 | - | Feb 15, 2009 | ↓ | - |
| 2009 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:37.17 | - | Feb 15, 2009 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2009 | 3000mSt | 8:59.78 | - | Jun 5, 2009 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2009 | 5000m | 15:21.61 | - | May 23, 2009 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2009 | Semi | 1:11:29 | - | Aug 29, 2009 | ↓ | Buzau (ROU) |
| 2008 | 1500m | 3:51.76 | - | Jul 5, 2008 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2008 | 3000m | 8:37.18 | - | May 25, 2008 | ↑ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2007 | 1500m-short-tracki | 3:54.56 | - | Feb 10, 2007 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2007 | 1500m-short-track | 3:54.56 | - | Feb 10, 2007 | ↓ | - |
| 2007 | 1500mi | 3:54.56 | - | Feb 10, 2007 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2007 | 1500m | 3:54.93 | - | Jul 27, 2007 | ↓ | - |
| 2007 | 3000m-short-tracki | 8:38.34 | - | Jan 28, 2007 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2007 | 3000mi | 8:38.34 | - | Jan 28, 2007 | ↑ | Bucureşti (ROU) (i) |
| 2007 | 3000m-short-track | 8:38.34 | - | Jan 28, 2007 | ↓ | - |
| 2007 | 3000mSt | 9:05.50 | - | Jul 27, 2007 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2006 | 3000mSt | 9:11.47 | - | Jul 8, 2006 | ↓ | Bucureşti (ROU) |
| 2006 | CrossCount | 18:10 | - | Dec 10, 2006 | ↑ | 13th SPAR European Cross Country Championships, San Giorgio su Legnano - Exhibition |
| 2005 | CrossCount | 19:56 | - | Dec 11, 2005 | ↑ | 12th SPAR European Cross Country Championships, Tilburg - U20 Events |
2021
3 performances| Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3000mSt | 9:34.57 | - | Jun 4 | Romanian Championships |
800m | DNF | - | Jun 4 | Romanian Championships |
1500m | 4:01.31 | - | May 21 | Campionatul National, Cupa Romaniei - Etapa 1., Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin, Pitesti |
2020
7 performances| Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3000mSt | 9:27.54 | - | Sep 4 | Romanian Championships |
5000m | DNF | - | Sep 4 | Romanian Championships |
3000m-short-tracki | 8:38.09 | - | Feb 29 | Romanian Indoor Championships |
1500m-short-tracki | 4:01.85 | - | Feb 28 | Romanian Indoor Championships |
3000m-short-tracki | 8:38.09 | - | Feb 28 | Romanian Indoor Championships |
3000m-short-track | 8:43.58 | - | Feb 2 | Campionatul Național Seniori și Seniori U23, ETAPA A II-A, Sala de Atletism Ioan Soter, Bucureşti (i) |
1500m-short-track | 3:59.42 | - | Feb 1 | Campionatul Național Seniori și Seniori U23, ETAPA A II-A, Sala de Atletism Ioan Soter, Bucureşti (i) |
2019
10 performances| Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3000mSt | 9:19.89 | - | Oct 26 | CISM Military World Games, Five Rings Sports Center, Wuhan |
3000mSt | 9:19.89 | - | Oct 22 | CISM Military World Games, Five Rings Sports Center, Wuhan |
5000m | DNF | - | Jul 30 | Romanian Championships, Pitesti |
3000mSt | DNF | - | Jul 30 | Romanian Championships, Pitesti |
5000m | 15:32.66 | - | Jun 8 | Romanian International Ch., Cluj-Napoca |
3000mSt | 9:16.42 | - | Jun 7 | Romanian International Ch., Cluj-Napoca |
3000m-short-tracki | DNF | - | Feb 6 | Romanian Indoor Championships, Bucureşti (i) |
1500m-short-tracki | 3:57.23 | - | Feb 6 | Romanian Indoor Championships, Bucureşti (i) |
3000m-short-track | 8:41.20 | - | Jan 20 | Indoor Meeting, Bucureşti (i) |
1500m-short-track | 4:00.92 | - | Jan 19 | Indoor Meeting, Bucureşti (i) |
2018
9 performances| Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
5000m | 15:12.45 | - | Jul 27 | Romanian Championships, Pitesti |
5000m | 15:12.45 | - | Jul 26 | Romanian Championships, Pitesti |
3000mSt | 9:05.28 | - | Jul 26 | Romanian Championships, Pitesti |
3000mSt | 9:30.56 | - | Jul 21 | Stara Zagora Balkan Championships, Stara Zagora |
3000mSt | 9:30.56 | - | Jul 20 | Stara Zagora Balkan Championships, Stara Zagora |
3000mSt | 9:21.12 | - | Jun 3 | Cluj-Napoca Romanian International Ch., Cluj-Napoca |
3000m-short-tracki | 8:33.19 | - | Feb 4 | Bucuresti Romanian Indoor Championships |
3000m-short-tracki | 8:33.19 | - | Feb 3 | Bucuresti Romanian Indoor Championships |
1500m-short-tracki | 3:54.62 | - | Feb 3 | Bucuresti Romanian Indoor Championships |
2017
7 performances| Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3000mSt | 8:58.74 | - | Jul 7 | Romanian Championships, Pitesti |
5000m | 14:48.58 | - | May 21 | Pitesti Romanian University Championships, Pitesti |
3000m-short-track | 8:20.75 | - | Feb 19 | Bucuresti Romanian Indoor Championships, Bucureşti (i) |
1500m-short-track | 3:54.27 | - | Feb 18 | Bucuresti Romanian Indoor Championships, Bucureşti (i) |
1500m-short-track | 3:53.32 | - | Feb 11 | Bucuresti, Bucureşti (i) |
3000m-short-track | 8:24.81 | - | Jan 29 | Bucuresti, Bucureşti (i) |
1500m-short-track | 3:53.43 | - | Jan 28 | Bucuresti, Bucureşti (i) |
2016
9 performances| Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
5000m | 14:44.16 | - | Jul 17 | Cluj Napoca Romanian Championships, Cluj-Napoca |
3000mSt | 8:59.15 | - | Jul 16 | Cluj Napoca Romanian Championships, Cluj-Napoca |
1500m | 3:54.85 | - | May 21 | Pitesti |
4x400Metre | 3:20.50 | - | Feb 27 | Istanbul Balkan Indoor Championships, Istanbul (i) |
3000m-short-track | 8:19.17 | - | Feb 27 | Istanbul Balkan Indoor Championships, Istanbul (i) |
3000m-short-track | 8:27.80 | - | Feb 21 | Bucuresti Romanian Indoor Championships, Bucureşti (i) |
1500m-short-track | 3:50.82 | - | Feb 13 | Bucuresti, Bucureşti (i) |
3000m-short-track | 8:24.98 | - | Jan 31 | Bucuresti, Bucureşti (i) |
1500m-short-track | 3:55.85 | - | Jan 30 | Bucuresti, Bucureşti (i) |
2015
5 performances| Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
5000m | 14:52.06 | - | Jul 26 | Romanian Championships, Pitesti |
3000mSt | 8:58.02 | - | Jul 25 | Romanian Championships, Pitesti |
5000m | 14:56.14 | - | Jun 28 | Pitesti |
3000mSt | 9:01.59 | - | Jun 27 | Pitesti |
3000mSt | 8:59.29 | - | Jun 6 | Pitesti |
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Honours
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2018Romanian Championships
3000 Metres Steeplechase
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2016Bucuresti Romanian Indoor Championships
3000 Metres Short Track
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2013Bucuresti Romanian Championships
3000 Metres Steeplechase
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is Daniel Ionut Betej's 3000 m steeplechase personal best?
Daniel Ionut Betej's 3000 m steeplechase personal best is 8:54.90, set on Jun 28, 2013 in Bucureşti (ROU).
Which events does Daniel Ionut Betej compete in?
Daniel Ionut Betej competes in the 3000 m steeplechase and 1500 Metres Short Track.
How did Daniel Ionut Betej perform in 2021?
2021 season best: 9:34.57, set on Jun 4, 2021 in Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca (ROU). Last competition: Romanian Championships on Jun 4, 2021, 9:34.57.