 Balaban at the 1966 European Championships | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Club | CS Dinamo București [1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Cristina Balaban is a retired Romanian swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships. [2] This was the first European swimming medal for Romania. [3] During her career she won 28 national titles and set 36 national records. [4]
After retirement she worked as a swimming coach, under the name Balaban-Sopterian, training such competitors as Carmen Bunaciu and Anca Pătrășcoiu. [3]
