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Robert Glință

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Robert Glință
Glință in 2015
Personal information
Nationality Romania
Born (1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 (age 27)
Pitești, Romania
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubDinamo București
Team Iron (2019)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Romania
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 100 m backstroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow 50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest 50 m backstroke
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kazan 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Copenhagen 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Glasgow 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kazan 50 m backstroke
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 100 m backstroke

Robert Andrei Glință (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈrobert ˈglin.t͡sə]; born 18 April 1997) is the Romanian record holder in the long course and short course 50 metre backstroke and 100 metre backstroke.[1] He is a former junior world record holder for 100 metre backstroke (short course), with a time of 50.77 seconds.[2] He finalled in the 100 metre backstroke at two consecutive Summer Olympic Games, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. He represented Team Iron in the International Swimming League in 2019.[3]

At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, held at in December Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Glință achieved his highest place finish in the 100 metre backstroke, where he won the bronze medal with a time of 49.60 seconds, which was 0.37 seconds behind gold medalist Shaine Casas of the United States.[4] It marked his first medal at a senior short course or long course World Championships.[5] For the edition of the World Short Course Championships the following year, the 2022 World Short Course Championships held in December in Melbourne, Australia, he placed twenty-eighth in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 52.65 seconds.[6][7]

International championships (50 m)

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Meet 50 freestyle 100 freestyle 50 backstroke 100 backstroke 200 backstroke 50 butterfly 4×100 freestyle 4×200 freestyle
Junior level
WJC 2013 14th 23rd 31st
EJC 2014 17th 22nd
YOG 2014 13th 11th 7th 5th 10th
EG 2015 34th 4th 7th 29th 14th 13th
WJC 2015 7th DSQ 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Senior level
WC 2015 22nd 30th 16th
EC 2016 7th 6th 14th 6th
OG 2016 — 8th 18th —
EC 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4th
WC 2019 7th 8th
EC 2020 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 22nd 36th
OG 2020 — 8th 26th —
WC 2022 5th 8th

International championships (25 m)

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Meet 100 freestyle 50 backstroke 100 backstroke 200 backstroke 4×50 freestyle 4×50 medley
WC 2014 31st 22nd 21st
EC 2015 16th (h) 6th 15th 6th 16th
WC 2016 11th 7th 8th
EC 2017 5th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
WC 2018 12th 8th 11th
EC 2019 4th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
EC 2021 6th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WC 2021 9th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
WC 2022 DNS 28th

Personal bests

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Long course metres (50 m pool)

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Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
50 m backstroke 24.12 2018 European Championships Glasgow, Scotland 3 August 2018 NR
100 m backstroke 52.88 2020 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 20 May 2021 NR
200 m backstroke 1:57.91 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10 August 2016

Short course metres (25 m pool)

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Event Time Meet Location Date Notes
100 m freestyle 46.64 2021 European Championships Kazan, Russia 06 November 2021 Former NR
50 m backstroke 22.74 2021 European Championships Kazan, Russia 03 November 2021 NR
100 m backstroke 49.31 2021 European Championships Kazan, Russia 05 November 2021 NR
200 m backstroke 1:51.75 2021 International Swimming League Naples, Italy 29 September 2021 NR

References

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  1. ^ "Micul Phelps » Robert Andrei Glinţă e marea speranţă a înotului masculin românesc". Gazeta Sporturilor. 1 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Se naşte o nouă stea în sportul românesc: înotătorul Robert Glinţă a stabilit un nou record mondial". Adevărul. 5 December 2015.
  3. ^ "ISL Team Iron Beefs Up With Glinta, Verraszto & More". SwimSwam. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  4. ^ FINA (17 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Abu Dhabi (AUE): Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Robert Glință, medalie de bronz în proba de 100 m spate, la Campionatele Mondiale de la Abu Dhabi" (in Romanian). Digi24. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  6. ^ FINA (13 December 2022). "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Campionatul Mondial De Înot În Bazin Scurt – Melbourne 2022. Robert Glință S-A Oprit În Serii La 100 M Spate" (in Romanian). frnpm.ro. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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