Romania finished the European Junior Swimming Championships with six medals after Daria Silistianu and Vlad Stancu topped the podium on the final day of competition in Belgrade.

Vlad StankuPhoto: KEMPINAIRE Stéphane / AFP / Profimedia

Daria Silishtianu, silver in 100 m backstroke / Vlad Stanku, bronze in 400 m freestyle

In the 100 m backstroke, Daria Silishtianu won the silver medal (1:01.24), and Aysia Prisekariou took 5th place (1:01.55).

Gold went to Hungarian Lori Fani Komorocha (1:01.10).

Vlad Stanka won the bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle (3:50.21), and Nandor Nagy took 8th place (3:57.33).

The Bulgarian Petar Mitsin won the final (3:44.31, a new world record among juniors).

Other results obtained by Romanian athletes on the last day of competition in Belgrade

  • 100 m freestyle: Patrick Dinou, 5th place (49.83)
  • 4×100 medley: Daria Silistianu, Eva Paraskiv, Brigitta Wass and Rebecca Diaconescu, 6th place (4:08.68 – senior national record).

Romania’s medals at the European Junior Championships in Belgrade

Vlad Stanku: silver in 800 m freestyle and 1500 m freestyle, bronze in 400 m freestyle

Daria Silishtianu: silver in 100 m backstroke, bronze in 50 m backstroke

Vlad Mihalache: silver in the 200 m butterfly.

In the ranking of countries, Romania took 14th place, on the podium are Italy (9-8-4), Hungary (9-2-2) and Denmark (5-3-1).