Serghei Mariniuc
- January 9, 2024
- Swimmer
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Serghei Mariniuc Biography
| Name | Serghei Mariniuc |
| Birthday | Feb 14 |
| Birth Year | 1969 |
| Place Of Birth | Chisinau |
| Birth Country | Moldova |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Serghei Mariniuc is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on February 14, 1969 in Chisinau, Moldova. Serghei Mariniuc (born on February 14, 1969) is a Moldovan former athlete who specialized in the individual Medley competitions. He was a member of in the Unified Team and the Republic of Moldova in every edition of the Olympic Games since 1992, and was later a top eight finalist for two individual medleys during the course of his Olympic career, which led him to be regarded as the country’s top swimmer. He also took home the gold medal at the 400m individual medley in the 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. When he relocated back to America in 1993, United States in 1993, Mariniuc began his professional training with his club, the Santa Clara Swim Club in California until when he announced his retirement in the latter part of 2000.
In the exact year as well, Mariniuc was able to add another prized title to his record in the U.S. Nationals in Austin, Texas, and later, he won the gold medal in his country of origin Moldova in the 400-meter single swimming medley (4:11.96) during the 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain in the final, which was won by the Canadian Curtis Myden by 1.56 seconds.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Mariniuc failed again to collect a single medal in any of his events, finishing eighth in the 400 m individual medley (4:21.15), and twelfth in the 200 m individual medley (2:04.11).
Three years since he moved to the United States, Mariniuc reached his worldwide breakthrough at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, representing the Republic of Moldova. Nearly a month before the Games, he earned three pool titles each in the 200 m IM (2:05.03), 400 m IM (4:23.74), and 800 m freestyle (8:10.60) at the Santa Clara International Meet, representing his host swim club.
Since his arrival in his home in United States in 1993, Mariniuc grew to be an expert in the field of network and system administration and management of databases, website development, as well as security. The year 1999 was the time Mariniuc has been appointed become the founder and IT director at ReadyGo Inc., a leading authoring tool for e-learning and programming features to create a user support system that resulted in the company receiving the prestigious Excellence in eLearning Gold Award. A multi-faceted software and computer expert Mariniuc is vice-president at FastLane Tek, a technology services firm based within Sunnyvale, California, where in addition to other support projects assists teams to create and manage timing systems used to national and international swimming competitions.
Serghei Mariniuc Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Swimmer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Serghei Mariniuc is one of the richest Swimmer from Moldova. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Serghei Mariniuc 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Mariniuc was born in Chisinau, Moldavian SSR, began his career in sports at age eight in an extremely strict Soviet swimming regime. Soon after, he was a member of the Moldova Swim Club under his coach Luba Pohilenco. He later officially joined the senior Soviet Union team until its total demise in 1991.
After the dissolution of Soviet Union, Mariniuc emerged as Moldova’s most popular swimmer at all levels of contest. He made his debut with the Unified Team, also known as the Commonwealth of Independent States, in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Although he didn’t take home a single medal Mariniuc did make it to the semifinals and placed seventh in the individual 400 m Medley (4:22.93). He also posted a 10th-place times that was 2:03.72 for the individual 200-meter medley. He was beating Spain’s top-ranked Martin Lopez- Zubero, who was the winner of the B-final with a gap of 0.38 seconds.
In 1993, Mariniuc left his homeland Moldova with a thousand-dollar air fare for Santa Clara, California, where he trained and worked as an assistant club coach for the Santa Clara Swim Club. Recovering from a physical condition back in his homeland, Mariniuc pulled away from the rest of the field to claim the 800-yard freestyle title (8:19.29) at the Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo, California.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 8 in |
Serghei Mariniuc height 5 ft 8 in Serghei weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
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Serghei Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Moldova. Serghei Mariniuc celebrates birthday on February 14 of every year.