| Robert Glință | |
| Strokes: | Backstroke |
| Club: | Dinamo București Team Iron (2019) |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Pitești, Romania |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Weight: | 75 kg |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Robert Andrei Glință (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /ˈrobert ˈglin.t͡sə/; born 18 April 1997) is the Romanian record holder in the long course and short course 50 metre backstroke and 100 metre backstroke.[1] He is a former junior world record holder for 100 metre backstroke (short course), with a time of 50.77 seconds.[2] He finalled in the 100 metre backstroke at two consecutive Summer Olympic Games, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. He represented Team Iron in the International Swimming League in 2019.[3]
At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, held at in December Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Glință achieved his highest place finish in the 100 metre backstroke, where he won the bronze medal with a time of 49.60 seconds, which was 0.37 seconds behind gold medalist Shaine Casas of the United States.[4] It marked his first medal at a senior short course or long course World Championships.[5] For the edition of the World Short Course Championships the following year, the 2022 World Short Course Championships held in December in Melbourne, Australia, he placed twenty-eighth in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 52.65 seconds.[6] [7]
| Meet | 50 freestyle | 100 freestyle | 50 backstroke | 100 backstroke | 200 backstroke | 50 butterfly | 4×100 freestyle | 4×200 freestyle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior level | |||||||||
| 14th | 23rd | 31st | |||||||
| 17th | 22nd | ||||||||
| 13th | 11th | 7th | 5th | 10th | |||||
| 34th | 4th | 7th | 29th | 14th | 13th | ||||
| 7th | DSQ | ||||||||
| Senior level | |||||||||
| 22nd | 30th | 16th | |||||||
| 7th | 6th | 14th | 6th | ||||||
| 8th | 18th | ||||||||
| 4th | |||||||||
| 7th | 8th | ||||||||
| 22nd | 36th | ||||||||
| 8th | 26th | ||||||||
| 5th | 8th | ||||||||
| Meet | 100 freestyle | 50 backstroke | 100 backstroke | 200 backstroke | 4×50 freestyle | 4×50 medley | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31st | 22nd | 21st | |||||
| 16th (h) | 6th | 15th | 6th | 16th | |||
| 11th | 7th | 8th | |||||
| 5th | |||||||
| 12th | 8th | 11th | |||||
| 4th | |||||||
| 6th | |||||||
| 9th | |||||||
| DNS | 28th |
| ] | ||||||||
| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m backstroke | align=center | 24.12 | align=right | 3 August 2018 | NR | |||
| 100 m backstroke | align=center | 52.88 | align=right | 20 May 2021 | NR | |||
| 200 m backstroke | align=center | 1:57.91 | align=right | 10 August 2016 |
| ] | ||||||||
| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | align=center | 46.64 | align=right | 06 November 2021 | Former NR | |||
| 50 m backstroke | align=center | 22.74 | align=right | 03 November 2021 | NR | |||
| 100 m backstroke | align=center | 49.31 | align=right | 05 November 2021 | NR | |||
| 200 m backstroke | align=center | 1:51.75 | align=right | 29 September 2021 | NR |