Nicoleta Coica
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Moldova |
| Born |
25 June 1982 Chişinău, Moldavian SSR |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Nicoleta Coica (born June 25, 1982 in Chişinău) is a retired Moldovan 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
- ↑ "Nicoleta Coica". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ 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.