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European Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free
2020	Budapest, HUN	H (22.43)	6th (48.08)	H (1:48.38)

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

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Athlete, Student

English, Romanian

CSA Steaua Bucuresti [Romania]

Adrian Radulescu, ROU

He began swimming at age four in Bucharest, Romania. (digi24.ro, 05 Jun 2021; aimx.ro, 29 Mar 2019)

His parents and a doctor encouraged him to try the sport as a form of rehabilitation due to a back problem caused by curvature of the spine. "I broke the first national record at age 10. Since then, I have become addicted to the feeling that the highest place on the podium gives you." (digi24.ro, 05 Jun 2021; gsp.ro, 19 May 2021)

To qualify for the final of the 100m freestyle at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (digi24.ro, 05 Jun 2021)

He swims between 4km and 7km, depending on his training schedule. He trains up to five hours a day, which includes gym work, massage and stretching. (digi24.ro, 05 Jun 2021)

Finishing sixth in the 100m freestyle at the 2020 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, (digi24.ro, 05 Jun 2021)

His parents and coach Adrian Radulescu. (digi24.ro, 05 Jun 2021)

"You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength." (Instagram profile, 21 Jun 2021)