Patrick Sebastian Dinu (born 12 June 2005) is a Romanian competitive swimmer specializing in sprint freestyle events. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, a silver medal in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, and placed fifth in the final of the 100-metre freestyle. He is a gold medalist in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the European Junior Championships in 2022 and silver medalist in 2021, as well as a silver medalist in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay and in 2022.
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| Full name | Patrick Sebastian Dinu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 June 2005[4][1] Constanța, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSM Constanța (current),[1][2] CS Farul Constanța (former)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Răzvan Florea[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Background
editDinu was born 12 June 2005 and started competitive swimming at six years of age as part of the Atena Sport Club Constanța.[4][1][5] He is coached by Olympian, and fellow Romanian, Răzvan Florea and formerly trained with and competed for CS Farul Constanța.[3] He currently trains and competes with the swim club as part of the Club Sportiv Municipal Constanța (CSM Constanța).[1][2]
Career
edit2021–2022
editAs part of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships, held in July in Rome, Italy, Dinu swam a time of 51.04 seconds for the anchor leg of the relay, contributing to a final time of 3:19.93, and helping win the silver medal.[3][6] In his other events at the Championships, he placed 31st in the 100-metre freestyle with a 51.45, 42nd in the 50-metre breaststroke with a time of 30.04 seconds, and 51st in the 50-metre freestyle with a 24.08.[6] The following year, he lowered his split time in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay to a 49.72 at the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships, held in July in Otopeni, helping win the gold medal with a final time of 3:18.93.[7][8][9] In the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, he won a silver medal, splitting a 50.03 for the second leg of the relay to help finish second in a Romanian record time of 3:29.35.[8][9] In the 100-metre freestyle, he placed tenth in the semifinals with a time of 50.72 seconds and in the 50-metre freestyle, he placed 26th with a time of 23.50 seconds.[8]
2022 European Aquatics Championships
editFor the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, with pool swimming competition held in August at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, Dinu qualified to compete in both the 100-metre freestyle individual event and the 4×100-metre freestyle relay.[9] In the preliminary heats of the 100-metre freestyle on the second day of competition, he placed 53rd overall with a time of 50.59 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals.[10] Two days later, he helped place eleventh in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, contributing a split time of 50.20 seconds for the third leg of the relay to the final time of 3:17.94.[11][12]
2022 World Junior Championships
edit| 2022 World Junior Championships | ||
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4×100 m freestyle | 3:18.84 |
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4×100 m mixed freestyle | 3:30.39 |
At the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held in August and September 2022 in Lima, Peru, Dinu entered to compete in two individual events, the 50-metre freestyle and the 100-metre freestyle, and Romania announced relay teams for the 4×100-metre freestyle relay and 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay.[13] On the first day of competition, he split a 49.50 for the anchor leg of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay in the final, helping finish first in a time of 3:18.84 to win the gold medal.[5][14][15][16][17][18] Two days later, he placed fourteenth in the semifinals of the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 23.41 seconds after swimming a personal best time of 23.31 seconds in the preliminary heats.[17][19][20] In his second event of the day, the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, he contributed a split time of 50.17 seconds for the second leg of the relay, helping win the silver medal in a time of 3:30.39.[5][17][18][21][22][23] For his final event, he placed fifth in the final of the 100-metre freestyle on the sixth and final day of competition with a personal best time of 50.09 seconds, finishing 2.96 seconds behind gold medalist and fellow Romanian David Popovici after advancing to the final from the semifinals with a time of 50.22 seconds.[24][25]
Later in the year, in December at the 2022 Rotterdam Qualification Meet in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Dinu improved his personal best times in the 100 metre freestyle to a 50.05 in the a-final to place sixth and in the 50 metre freestyle to a 23.19 in the preliminaries to qualify for the b-final.[26][27]
2023
editAs a 17-year-old at the 2023 Romanian Championships in Otopeni in April, Dinu won a youth national title and senior bronze medal in the 50-metre breaststroke with a personal best time of 28.71 seconds and helped win the national title in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay with a Romanian club record time of 3:22.17 as part of the CSM Constanța relay team.[2][28] He also won youth national titles and senior bronze medals in the 50-metre freestyle and the 100-metre freestyle as well as senior national titles in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay and 4×100-metre mixed medley relay.[2]
International championships (50 m)
edit| Meet | 50 freestyle | 100 freestyle | 50 breaststroke | 4×100 freestyle | 4×100 mixed freestyle |
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| EJC 2021 | 51st | 31st | 42nd |  |
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| EJC 2022 | 26th | 10th |  |
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| WJC 2022 | 14th | 5th | |
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| EC 2022 | 53rd | 11th | |||
Personal best times
editLong course metres (50 m pool)
edit| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Ref | |
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| 50 m freestyle | 23.19 | h | 2022 Rotterdam Qualification Meet | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 4 December 2022 | 17 | [27] |
| 100 m freestyle | 50.05 | 2022 Rotterdam Qualification Meet | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 3 December 2022 | 17 | [26] | |
| 50 m breaststroke | 28.71 | 2023 Romanian Championships | Otopeni | 7 April 2023 | 17 | [28] |
National records
editLong course metres (50 m pool)
edit| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Type | Status | Ref |
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| 1 | 4×200 m freestyle | 7:28.43 | 2022 Multinations Junior Swimming Meet | Kranj, Slovenia | 9 April 2022 | 16 years, 301 days | National | Current | [29] |
| 2 | 4×100 m mixed freestyle | 3:29.35 | 2022 European Junior Championships | Otopeni | 6 July 2022 | 17 years, 24 days | National | Current | [8][9] |
| 3 | 4×100 m freestyle | 3:22.17 | 2023 Romanian Championships | Otopeni | 7 April 2023 | 17 years, 299 days | Club (CSM Constanța) |
Current | [2][28] |
References
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- ^ a b "Patrick Sebastian Dinu". FINA. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "INTERVIUL DIMINEȚII. Înotătorul Patrick Sebastian Dinu: „Mi-am numărat medaliile acum 3-4 ani și erau în jur de 250”" (in Romanian). Radio Constanța. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ a b LEN (12 July 2021). "LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rome - Italy: Complete Results". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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- ^ LEN (14 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Men Preliminary". Microplus. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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