Full name Dragos Cristian Coman Sport Swimming Role Freestyle swimmer Weight 74 kg | Nationality Romania Name Dragos Coman Height 1.83 m Strokes Freestyle swimming | |
Born October 16, 1980 (age 43) ( 1980-10-16 ) Bucuresti | ||
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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 several medals in 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.