Norbert Trandafir (born 8 February 1988 in

Târgu Mureş Târgu (Romanian language, Romanian for "the market") starts off the names of several places in Romania: *Târgu Bujor *Târgu Cărbunești *Târgu Frumos *Berbești, Târgu Gânguleşti *Târgu Jiu *Târgu Lăpuș *Logrești, Târgu Logreşti *Tâ ...

) is a

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of partial Hungarian descent. He competed at the

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and

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. 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 Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for Romania Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Romanian male freestyle swimmers 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-swimming-bio-stub