Nicoleta Coica

Nicoleta Coica
Personal information
Full name Nicoleta Coica
National team  Moldova
Born (1982-06-25) 25 June 1982
Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

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]

References

  1. "Nicoleta Coica". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Women's 100 Freestyle Prelims, Day 5: Inky Leads the Pack with a Swift 54.43". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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