Sergiu Postică

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.

Sergiu Postică
Personal information
Full nameSergiu Postică
National team Moldova
Born (1985-05-17) 17 May 1985
Chişinău, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke

Postica 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, Postica 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 Nguyen Huu Viet of Vietnam. Postica raced to second place by 0.11 of a second behind Panama's Edgar Crespo in 1:03.83. Postica failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-fourth overall on the first night of preliminaries.[5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sergiu Postică". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  2. "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  3. Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Men's 200 Breaststroke Prelims, Day 4: 15 Year-Old Daniel Gyurta Continues the Hungarian Tradition, Leads with a Swift 2:11.29". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  4. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 29. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.


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