Norbert Trandafir (born 8 February 1988 in

Târgu Mureş Târgu (Romanian for "the market") starts off the names of several places in Romania: *Târgu Bujor *Târgu Cărbunești *Târgu Frumos * Târgu Gânguleşti *Târgu Jiu *Târgu Lăpuș * Târgu Logreşti *Târgu Mureș *Târgu Neamț *Târgu Ocna ...

) is a

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of partial Hungarian descent. He competed at the

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and

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He holds 2 Romanian records: the 50 m freestyle and the 50 m butterfly (short course).

Personal bests

*50 m freestyle : 21.98 (Barcelona, 2013) - Long course *100 m freestyle : 48.75 (Rome, 2009) - Long course *50 m butterfly : 24.26 (Rome, 2009) - Long course

References

1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Târgu Mureș Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Romania Romanian male butterfly swimmers Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Romania Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Romanian male freestyle swimmers {{Romania-swimming-bio-stub