Dragoş Coman

Dragoş Coman

Personal information
Full name	Dragoş Cristian Coman
Nationality	Romania
Born	October 16, 1980 (1980-10-16) (age 31) Bucureşti
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kilograms (160 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Medal record World Championships (LC) Bronze 2003 Barcelona 400 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Bronze 2004 Indianapolis 1500 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Silver 1999 Istanbul 1500 m freestyle Silver 2000 Helsinki 400 m freestyle Bronze 1999 Istanbul 400 m freestyle Bronze 2000 Helsinki 1500 m freestyle Bronze 2002 Berlin 400 m freestyle Bronze 2004 Madrid 400 m freestyle Bronze 2004 Madrid 1500 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 800 m freestyle Summer Universiade Gold 2007 Bangkok 400 m freestyle Silver 2001 Beijing 400 m freestyle Bronze 2003 Daegu 400 m freestyle

Dragoş Coman (born October 16, 1980 in Bucharest) is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.

A year earlier, at the European LC Championships 1999 in Istanbul, he won his first medal: a silver one at the 1500 m freestyle. He also won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, in the 400 m freestyle,only being surpassed by Thorpe and Hackett. He is Romania's top swimmer in the 400 and 1500 m freestyle races, winning European Junior gold medals, and proving his value in the future European and world championships. Also he is titleholder in both 400 and 1500 m freestyle, at the World Military Games, winning medals at every edition

References

• Profile on Romanian Olympic Committee
• sports-reference

Persondata
Name	Coman, Dragos
Alternative names
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Date of birth	October 16, 1980
Place of birth	Bucureşti
Date of death
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