GLINTA Robert

Date of Birth: 18 Apr 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: PITESTI

Birth Country:

Romania

Place of residence : BUCHAREST

Residence Country:

Romania

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Backstroke	8
	Men's 200m Backstroke

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 6	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Backstroke - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Back	200Back
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8th (53.50)	H (1:57.91)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Back	100Back	200Back
2014	Nanjing, CHN	SF (23.26)	SF (50.66)	7th (25.86)	5th (55.21)	H (2:03.11)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	4x100Free M
2019	Gwangju, KOR	7th (24.67)	8th (54.22)	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (25.48)	H (55.07)	H (3:18.13)

European Championships

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	200Back	50Fly
2020	Budapest, HUN	2nd (24.42)	1st (52.88)	H (1:59.74)	H (24.13)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	2nd (24.55)	4th (53.81)	-	-

Champions Swim Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2019

Year	50Back	100Back	4x100Medley
2020	2 x 2nd	-	1 x 4th
2019	1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th	-

Champions Swim Series - Ten best performances since 2019

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2020	Men's 50m Backstroke	Beijing, CHN	24.99
2	2020	Men's 50m Backstroke	Shenzhen, CHN	24.91
2	2019	Men's 50m Backstroke	Guangzhou, CHN	24.59
3	2019	Men's 50m Backstroke	Indianapolis, IN, USA	24.99
3	2019	Men's 50m Backstroke	Budapest, HUN	24.95
3	2019	100m Backstroke	Guangzhou, CHN	53.70
4	2020	4 x 100m Medley Relay	Beijing, CHN	3:54.52
4	2019	100m Backstroke	Indianapolis, IN, USA	54.33

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	200Back	4x50Free M
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	SF (23.25)	8th (50.36)	-	H (1:27.96)
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	SF (23.64)	7th (50.52)	8th (1:52.57)	-

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Rob, Robbie, Robi (Athlete, 22 Jul 2021)

Hiking, astrophotography. (Athlete, 22 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, ROU

Languages spoken:

English, Romanian

CS Dinamo Bucuresti [Romania]

Mugur Tomescu [personal], ROU

An illness kept him out of competition for three months which caused him to miss the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (swimswam.com, 25 May 2017)

He began swimming at age nine in Pitesti, Romania. (Athlete, 22 Jul 2021)

He wanted to learn how to swim. (Athlete, 22 Jul 2021)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (prosport.ro, 24 Sep 2019)

Finishing eighth in the 100m backstroke final at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (prosport.ro, 24 Sep 2019)

He and rower Madalina Beres were named flag bearers for Romania for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (romania-insider.com, 02 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
OTHER STUDIES
In 2017 he began studying at the University of Southern California [USC] in Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. (swimswam.com, 17 Dec 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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