Cătălin Paul Ungur (born 1 August 1994) is a coach, and former swimmer 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 ...

. He currently holds the Romanian record in the short course 50 meter

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. He represented

internationally at the

2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 13 to 17 December 2017. The meet was held in the Royal Arena, which was finished in early 2017. It was the first major sports event in this arena, which ...

2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were held from 11 to 16 December 2018 in Hangzhou, China. These championships featured swimming events in a 25-meter ( short-course) pool. Medal table Results Men's events Women's events ...

2019 Summer Universiade The 2019 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXX Summer Universiade () and also known as Naples 2019, or Napoli 2019, was held in Naples, Italy, between 3 and 14 July 2019. It was initially scheduled for Brasília, Brazil in July 201 ...

, and

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Swimming career

Collegiate Career - Swimmer -

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2014-2015 Ungur joined

as a freshman. He finished 3rd in the 100m backstroke at the 2015

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. 2015-2018 He transferred to

where he finished his NCAA collegiate career. While swimming for the Utes, in 2018 Ungur won the

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title in the 100m backstroke for a three-way tie alongside

Robert Glință Robert Andrei Glință (; born 18 April 1997) is the Romanian record holder in the long course and short course 50 metre backstroke and 100 metre backstroke. He is a former junior world record holder for 100 metre backstroke (short course), wit ...

and Ralf Tribuntsov. One month later, he posted the fastest time in NCAA during the 2017–2018 season in the 50m backstroke. At that point in time, it was the 3rd fastest 50 backstroke in the history of the event. International Championships - Representing Romania At the

, held at

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in December in

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, Ungur achieved a 7th-place finish in the 50 meters

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, semi-finaled placing 13th in the 100m backstroke, and setting the current national record of Romania in the 50m butterfly. At the

, in

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, Ungur placed 18th in the 50m backstroke

Coaching career

Ungur started his coaching career for

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as part of their club team, Olympus Aquatics. In 2020 due to the

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, he moved back to Romania and started coaching at CS Seini, a rural club from

Seini Seini (German language, German: ''Leuchtenburg''; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Szinérváralja'') is a town in Maramureș County, Romania. It administers two villages, Săbișa (''Kissebespatak'') and Viile Apei (''Apahegy''). It officially b ...

. In 2023, Ungur got his first international medal through his brother Andrei Ungur, who placed 3rd at the

2023 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2023 European Short Course Swimming Championships (25 m) were held in Otopeni, Romania, from 5 to 10 December 2023 at the Aquatics Complex. Medal table Results Men's events Women's events Mixed events References External links Offic ...

in the 100m backstroke.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ungur, Catalin 1994 births Living people Romanian male backstroke swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Romanian sportsmen