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 1⁄2 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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