Dragoș Coman
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| Full name | Dragoş Cristian Coman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 1980 București | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dragoş Coman (born 16 October 1980 in Bucharest) is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.[1]
A year earlier, at the European LC Championships 1999 in Istanbul, he won his first medal: a silver one at the 1500 m freestyle. He also won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, in the 400 m freestyle, only being surpassed by Thorpe and Hackett. He is Romania's top swimmer in the 400 and 1500 m freestyle races, winning European Junior gold medals, and several medals in European and world championships. Also he is titleholder in both 400 and 1500 m freestyle, at the World Military Games, winning medals at every edition.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dragoș Coman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04.
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for Romania
- Romanian male freestyle swimmers
- Sportspeople from Bucharest
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Romania
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Romania
- Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
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