DRAGOS AGACHE

Dragoș Agache (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdraɡoʃ aˈɡake]; born March 8, 1984, in Brăila) is a Romanian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.^[1]^[2] He set a new Romanian record of 27.47 to collect a silver medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.^[3]

Agache qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by clearing a FINA B-cut of 1:01.19 from the World Championships in Shanghai, China.^[4]^[5] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including two-time Olympians Martin Liivamägi of Estonia and Carlos Almeida of Portugal. He rounded out the field to last place by less than 0.14 of a second behind Poland's Dawid Szulich and Israel's Imri Ganiel in 1:02.93. Agache failed to advance into the semifinals, as he shared a thirty-seventh place tie with four-time Olympian Malick Fall of Senegal on the first day of preliminaries.^[6]^[7]

Agache is a former member of the swimming team for the Iowa Hawkeyes, and a graduate of management information systems at the University of Iowa in University Heights, Iowa (2008).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dragoș Agache". London 2012. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dragoș Agache". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
^ "European Long Course Championships: Fred Bousquet, Paul Biedermann, Lotte Friis, Federica Pellegrini Shine". Swimming World Magazine. 14 August 2010. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
^ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m breaststroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
^ "Camelia Potec a ratat calificarea in finala la 400 m la Mondiale" [Camelia Potec failed to qualify for the finals in the 400 m at the World Championships] (in Romanian). Bună Ziua Iași. 24 July 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". London 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
^ "JO 2012 Natatie Dragos Agache a ratat calificarea in semifinala probei de 100 metri bras" [2012 Olympic Swimming: Dragos Agache failed to qualify for the semifinals in the 100 meter breaststroke] (in Romanian). HotNews.ro. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

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