Dragoș Coman

Dragoş Coman (born October 16, 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]

Dragoş Coman
Personal information
Full nameDragoş Cristian Coman
Nationality Romania
Born (1980-10-16) October 16, 1980
București
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona400 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Indianapolis 1500 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 1999 Istanbul 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2000 Helsinki 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Istanbul 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Helsinki 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Berlin 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Madrid 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Madrid 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Eindhoven 800 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bangkok 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2001 Beijing 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Daegu 400 m freestyle

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
  1. 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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