| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Andrei Cecan |
| National team |  Moldova |
| Born | 20 June 1976 Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Dinamo Chişinău |
Andrei Cecan (born June 20, 1976) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2000), a sixth-place finalist at the 1999 Summer Universiade, and a member of Dinamo Chişinău.
Cecan made his major international debut at the 1998 FINA World Championships in Perth, Australia. In the 400 m freestyle, he powered home with a fifteenth-place effort in the B-Final in a time of 3:56.68, trailing Hungary's Béla Szabados by two hundredths of a second (0.02).[2]
Cecan competed in the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He posted a FINA B-time of 1:52.12 from the Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.[3][4] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including Ukraine's Rostyslav Svanidze, a top 16 finalist in Atlanta four years earlier. Cecan raced to sixth place by three-tenths of a second (0.30) behind Kyrgyzstan's Dmitri Kuzmin in a time of 1:53.23. Cecan failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-first overall in the prelims.[5]
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrei Cecan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ↑ "1998 FINA World Championships (Perth, Australia): Men's 400m Freestyle Final B" (PDF). USA Swimming. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "1999 World University Games (Palma de Mallorca, Spain): Men's 200m Freestyle Prelims". USA Swimming. 4 July 1999. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.