Luminiţa Liliana Dobrescu (born 19 April 1971) is a retired

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n freestyle swimmer who won four medals at the 1987, 1991 and 1993

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. She also participated in the

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and

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in various individual freestyle and team relay events; her best achievement was fifth place in the 200 m freestyle in 1988. Between 1986 and 1993, she won seven national titles.

Education and career

Dobrescu graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of the

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. She retired from competitive swimming around 1997, and worked as

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and swimming coach. In September 2008, she received the title of Honorary Citizen of Reşiţa.Interviu cu Luminiţa Dobrescu
caon.ro (2009-06-15).

References

1971 births Living people West University of Timișoara alumni Olympic swimmers for Romania Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Romanian female freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for Romania FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Romania Competitors at the 1997 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Reșița {{Romania-swimming-bio-stub