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Place of Birth: Baia Mare, MaramureČ™ County, Romania
About Alexandru Coci
- Alexandru Coci (born October 31, 1989) is a Romanian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.
- He is a Romanian swimming champion and record holder in butterfly, individual medley, relay events, and honorable mention All-American in the 100 m butterfly.
- Coci also became the first swimmer for the University of Alabama to break a 47-second barrier, when he posted a time of 46.50 seconds in the same stroke at the NCAA Division I Championships.Coci qualified for the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:58.42 from the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
- He challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including former semifinalist Hsu Chi-chieh of the Chinese Taipei.
- Coci cruised to fifth place by 0.02 of a second behind Ukraine's Illya Chuyev in 1:59.67.
- Coci failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.Coci was a member of the swimming team for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and a former undergraduate student at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- After 2012 Summer Olympics, Coci has transferred schools to Arizona State University where he was coached and trained by former finalist, butterfly swimmer, and three-time Olympian Ioan Gherghel (2000, 2004, and 2008).
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