Serghei Stolearenco (born November 14, 1978) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is a single-time Olympian (2000), and a member of a swimming club for Dynamo Moldova. Stolearenco competed only in the men's 50 m freestyle at the

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. He achieved a

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B-standard entry time of 23.86 from the Russian Open Championships in

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. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including Kyrgyzstan's

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, Goodwill Games silver medalist for Russia, and Kazakhstan's two-time Olympian Sergey Borisenko. He raced to a third seed by 0.38 of a second behind Borisenko, winner of his heat, in a lifetime best of 23.84. Stolearenco failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-seventh overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims.

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1978 births Living people Moldovan male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Moldova Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Bender, Moldova {{Moldova-swimming-bio-stub