Daniela Cârlan

Elena Daniela Cârlan (or Cîrlan born 18 September 1980, in Sibiu) is a female long-distance runner and former race walker from Romania.

Race walker
As a race walker her biggest successes were a fifth place in 5000 m walk at the 1998 World Junior Championships and a sixteenth place in 20 km at the 2004 World Race Walking Cup. She also competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games.

Long-distance running
In 2006 Cârlan took up running. In October 2007 she ran the half marathon in 1:12:14 hours, finishing 28th at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships.