Nicoleta Coica Explained

Nicoleta Coica
Fullname:	Nicoleta Coica
Strokes:	Freestyle
Birth Date:	25 June 1982
Birth Place:	Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Weight:	680NaN0
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Nicoleta Coica (born 25 June 1982) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] Coica qualified for the women's 100 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 58.31 from the Russian Open Championships in Moscow.^[2] She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympian Agnese Ozoliņa of Latvia. She rounded out the field to last place by 0.15 of a second behind India's Shikha Tandon in 59.85. Coica failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-seventh overall in the preliminaries.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Nicoleta Coica. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101119/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/nicoleta-coica-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 29 April 2013.
2. Web site: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 19 April 2013.
3. Web site: Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 2. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
4. News: Thomas. Stephen. Women's 100 Freestyle Prelims, Day 5: Inky Leads the Pack with a Swift 54.43. Swimming World Magazine. 18 August 2004. 19 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131228200618/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7873.asp. 28 December 2013.