{"id":11456,"date":"2026-08-10T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11456"},"modified":"2026-08-10T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:00:42","slug":"european-aquatics-championships-romanian-catalin-preda-wins-gold-in-high-diving-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11456","title":{"rendered":"European Aquatics Championships: Romanian C\u0103t\u0103lin Preda wins gold in high-diving event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Diver <strong>C\u0103t\u0103lin Preda<\/strong> won the gold medal in the 20m platform\u00a0high-diving event at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris on Saturday, August 8.<\/p>\n<p>Preda won the gold medal with a total of 411.60 points after four dives.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s Andrea Barnaba finished second, while France\u2019s Gary Hunt took third place.<\/p>\n<p>Constantin Popovici, another Romanian diver who competed in the event, finished seventh.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first gold medal for Romania\u2019s delegation, made up of the two high-divers and 11 swimmers, including David Popovici, a four-time European champion and reigning world champion in the 100m and 200m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, Romania will compete in every men\u2019s individual event at the Paris event.<\/p>\n<p><em>David Popovici<\/em> will compete in the 100m and 200m freestyle races; <em>Patrick Dinu<\/em> in 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 50m breaststroke; <em>Denis Popescu<\/em> in 50m and 100m backstroke, 50m and 100m butterfly; <em>Vlad Mihalache<\/em> in 50m and 100m butterfly; <em>Theodor Proca<\/em> in 800m and 1,500m freestyle; <em>Robert Bade<\/em>a in 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m individual medley; <em>Darius Coman<\/em> in 100m and 200m breaststroke, 200m individual medley; <em>Matei State<\/em> in 200m backstroke, 200m breaststroke, 200m and 400m individual medley; <em>Eric Andrie\u0219<\/em> in 200m and 400m freestyle; <em>Alexandru Constantinescu<\/em> in 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke; and <em>Tudor Iordache<\/em> in 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke.<\/p>\n<p>Romania is also represented in the traditional diving events by Alexandru Avasiloae, Amelie Foerster, Ioana C\u00e2rcu and Nazanin Ellahi.<\/p>\n\n<p><em>(Photo:\u00a0Federa\u021bia Rom\u00e2n\u0103 de Nata\u021bie \u0219i Pentatlon Modern Facebook Page)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>simona@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diver C\u0103t\u0103lin Preda won the gold medal in the 20m platform\u00a0high-diving event at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris on Saturday, August 8. Preda won the gold medal with a total of 411.60 points after four dives. Italy\u2019s Andrea Barnaba finished second, while France\u2019s Gary Hunt took third place. Constantin Popovici, another Romanian diver who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}