Natalia Mărăşescu, née Natalia Andrei, is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner who specialized mainly in the 1500 metres. She competed in this event at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and placed ninth in 1980. Natalia Mărășescu (Romania) set the women's mile world record of 4:23.8 in Bucharest on May 21, 1977. It stood 20 months, until Natalia Mărășescu's 4:22.1 on January 27, 1979. Wiki link