USC Alum (Class of 2019 : Psychology)

Baia Mare, Romania

6’2”

April 18, 1997
 

 

OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE

• Second-time Olympian
   

• At the 2016 Rio Games

  • Finalist in the 100m back, finishing eighth (53.50)

  •  18th in the 200m back (1:57.91)
     

 

WORLD EXPERIENCE

• At the 2021 LEN European Championships, Glinta nabbed his first-ever individual title, as well as the first title ever for a Romanian male, taking the 100m back in 52.88

  • His winning effort of 52.88 clinched a new national record
     

• Finished second in the 50L Back (24.42) at the LEN European Aquatics Championships 
   

• Was seventh in the 50m back and eighth in the 100m back at the 2019 Gwangju, South Korea World Championships
   

• Finished third in the 100 scm back at the 2019 Glasgow, European Championships
   

• Swam for Team Iron during the second season of the ISL (2020)
   

• Gold medalist in the 100m back (54.30) at the 2015 Junior Worlds
   

• Fifth in the 100m back (55.21) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
   

 

USC CAREER

• 2018 NCAA Champion - 200y medley relay (backstroke leg)

  • USC record holder - 200y medley relay (1:21.82)
     

• Pac-12 100y back Champion (2018)
   

• Five-time All-American at USC