Dragoș Coman

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]

Dragoş Coman

Personal information
Full name	Dragoş Cristian Coman
Nationality	Romania
Born	(1980-10-16) 16 October 1980 (age 44) București
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record World Championships (LC) 2003 Barcelona 400 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2004 Indianapolis 1500 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1999 Istanbul 1500 m freestyle 2000 Helsinki 400 m freestyle 1999 Istanbul 400 m freestyle 2000 Helsinki 1500 m freestyle 2002 Berlin 400 m freestyle 2004 Madrid 400 m freestyle 2004 Madrid 1500 m freestyle 2008 Eindhoven 800 m freestyle Summer Universiade 2007 Bangkok 400 m freestyle 2001 Beijing 400 m freestyle 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.

External links

• Profile on Romanian Olympic Committee