Liliana Popescu, née Barbulescu (born 5 February 1982) is a Romanian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.

Career
Her personal best is 1:59.34 minutes, achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She has 4:00.35 minutes in the 1500 metres, also achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She was removed from the Olympic squad prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, as she failed a doping test for Erythropoietin (EPO) in May. She received a two-year ban from the sport from May 2008 to May 2010.

Popescu ran in the series of the 1500 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but did not finish the race.

Achievements

References

1982 births
Living people
Doping cases in athletics
Romanian female middle-distance runners
Romanian sportspeople in doping cases
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania
Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
Place of birth missing (living people)