Career
She has lived in Germany since 1990, and, since 1996, she has been a German citizen. Zaituc represented her new country in the women"s marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in 18th position (2:36:45). In 2009, Luminita Zaituc put a stop to her athletics career, after having finished in tenth place in the Frankfurt Marathon.