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 4:22.1 in Auckland on January 27, 1979. It stood 12 months, until Mary Decker's 4:21.7 on January 26, 1980. Wiki link