Sergiu Postică Explained

Sergiu Postică
Fullname:Sergiu Postică
Strokes:Breaststroke
Birth Date:17 May 1985
Birth Place:Chişinău, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.860NaN0
Weight:780NaN0
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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.

Postică 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, Postică 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 Nguyễn Hữu Việt of Vietnam. Postică raced to second place by 0.11 of a second behind Panama's Édgar Crespo in 1:03.83. Postică failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-fourth overall on the first night of preliminaries.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Sergiu Postică. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121437/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/sergiu-postica-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 30 November 2012.
  2. Web site: Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 11 April 2013.
  3. News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 200 Breaststroke Prelims, Day 4: 15 Year-Old Daniel Gyurta Continues the Hungarian Tradition, Leads with a Swift 2:11.29 . . 17 August 2004 . 11 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051203025210/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7855.asp . 3 December 2005 .
  4. Web site: Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Breaststroke. 29. Swimming World Magazine. 9 April 2013.
  5. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2 . . 30 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062328/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM031900/index.html . 21 August 2012.