Beatrice Nicoleta Câșlaru (also Coadă; born 20 August 1975 in

Brăila Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County. The Sud-Est (development region), ''Sud-Est'' Regional Development Agency is located in Brăila. According to the 2021 Romanian ...

) is a former

medley Medley or Medleys may refer to: Sports *Medley swimming, races requiring multiple swimming styles * Medley relay races at track meets Music *Medley (music), multiple pieces strung together People *Medley (surname), list of people with this nam ...

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from

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, who competed in three consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

for her native country, starting in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

. 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

1991 European Aquatics Championships The 1991 European Aquatics Championships was a water sport competition hosted in Athens, Greece from 18–25 August. Medal table Swimming Men's events Women's events Open water swimming * Held in Terracina, Italy from 14–15 Sep ...

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, Greece. Just like two other swimmers from Romania, Diana Mocanu and

Camelia Potec Camelia Potec (; born 19 February 1982, in Brăila) is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She won the Mare Nostrum In the Roman Empire, () was a term that refe ...

, 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 Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for Romania Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub

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