Sergiu Postică
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sergiu Postică |
| National team |
 Moldova |
| Born |
17 May 1985 Chişinău, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
Sergiu Postică (born May 17, 1985) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2004 and 2008) and a multiple-time Moldovan record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke.
Postica made his first Moldovan team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 200 m breaststroke. He edged out Kyrgyzstan's Anton Kramarenko to take a sixth spot and forty-fifth overall by more than a second in 2:27.21.[2][3]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Postica qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:03.71 from the Russian Open Championships in Saint Petersburg.[4] He challenged five other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympian Nguyen Huu Viet of Vietnam. Postica raced to second place by 0.11 of a second behind Panama's Edgar Crespo in 1:03.83. Postica failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-fourth overall on the first night of preliminaries.[5]
References
- ↑ "Sergiu Postică". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Men’s 200 Breaststroke Prelims, Day 4: 15 Year-Old Daniel Gyurta Continues the Hungarian Tradition, Leads with a Swift 2:11.29". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 29. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 30 November 2012.