Andrei Capitanciuc
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Moldova |
| Born |
28 May 1985 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
Andrei Capitanciuc (born May 28, 1985 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) is a retired Moldovan swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] Capitanciuc qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by achieving a FINA B-standard of 1:04.98 from the Russian Open Championships in Moscow.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including three-time Olympians Jean Luc Razakarivony of Madagascar and Yevgeny Petrashov of Kyrgyzstan. He shared a second seed with Saudi Arabia's Ahmed Al-Kudmani in a time of 1:05.65. Capitanciuc failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-seventh overall out of 60 swimmers on the first day of preliminaries.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Andrei Capitanciuc". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Whitten, Phillip (14 August 2004). "Prelims, Men's 100 Breaststroke: Kitajima, Hansen Qualify One-Two; Japanese Sets Olympic Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.