Ștefan Pinciuc

Ştefan Pinciuc
Personal information
Full name Ştefan Pinciuc
National team  Moldova
Born (1985-06-07) 7 June 1985
Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Ştefan Pinciuc (born June 7, 1985) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] Pinciuc qualified for the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:54.36 from the Russian Open Championships in Moscow.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including dual citizen Mihail Alexandrov of Bulgaria. He raced to third place in a time of 1:54.56, exactly two tenths of a second (0.20) off his entry time. Pinciuc failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.[3][4]

References

  1. "Ştefan Pinciuc". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. "Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Men's 200 Freestyle Prelims: Thorpe Fastest in 1:47.22; Hoogie, Keller, Phelps and Hackett All in the Mix". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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