Beatrice Nicoleta Câșlaru (also Coadă; born 20 August 1975 in Brăila) is a former medley swimmer from

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, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996. At her second Olympic appearance, in Sydney, Australia, she won a silver and a bronze medal. Nicknamed ''Biki'', she made her international debut at the

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, Greece. Just like two other swimmers from Romania, Diana Mocanu and Camelia Potec, she comes from the town of Brăila.

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* * 1975 births Living people Romanian female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Romania Sportspeople from Brăila Olympic silver medalists for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Romanian female freestyle swimmers Romanian female breaststroke swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for Romania Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub