Swimmer Robert Glinta
Last week saw the Romanian swimming delegation walking home with a new medal. The recipient of the medal was Robert Glinta who won it last week at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. For his most notable feat, Radio Romania International designated Glinta Athlete of the Week.
In Copenhagen, Robert Glinta competed in the 100 and 50-meter backstroke events. In the former event, Glinta made it to the final clocking 50 seconds and 30 hundredths, a new national record and, in descending order, the third timing of the semifinals. In the final, Robert Glinta overcame his limitations and yet again broke the national record, clocking 49 seconds and 99 hundredths. The gold medal went to Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov, who finished the race in 48 seconds and 99 hundredths, while the silver went to Italian swimmer Simone Sabbioni, who clocked 49 seconds and 68 hundredths.
In the 50 meter backstroke final, Robert Glinta came 5th. Another Romanian, Cătălin-Paul Ungur came in 7th in the same event. The two Romanians broke the national record in the aforementioned event three times, according to Agerpres news agency. Ungur was the first one, in the competition's series stage, with 23 seconds and 52 hundredths. Robert Glinta followed, winning the first semi-final in 23 seconds and 21 hundredths. Then once again Glinta broke the record in the finals, clocking 23 seconds and 19 hundredths.
Robert Glinţǎ was born on April 18, 1997 in Pitesti, southern Romania. He took up sports at a very early age. Robert first took up karate, then he moved on to swimming. Robert Glinta broke dozens of national records, both in the under 18 and under 21 and seniors' categories. Robert was the only Romanian swimmer to have reached as far as the finals in the 2016 edition of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Back then Robert's best result was the 8th-place in the 100m backstroke, a race that he finished in 53 seconds and 50 hundredths.
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