Camelia Potec

Camelia Potec (born 19 February 1982 in Brăila) is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Potec began at the age of eight years with the swimming sport. The passion for the water inherited it according to own statement of its father ion Ionescu, a former Segler, which also trains it. Their homeland club is the club Sportiv Municipal Braila.

With the olympic summer games 2000 in Sydney Potec into the final penetrated over 200 m-freestyle and occupied there at the end rank 7. With the Romanian 4x200 m-Freistilstaffel she achieved the fourth place behind the USA, Australia and Germany.

It confirmed their sporty achievements with the swimming world championships 2001 in Fukuoka. There it won the bronze medal over 200 m-freestyle and occupied over 400 m-freestyle rank 6.

Potec celebrated the so far largest success of its career with the olympic summer games 2004 in Athens. Over 200 m-freestyle achieved it to 17. August 2004 surprisingly the gold medal. Potec had gone only with the seventh-best qualification time into the final, became generally accepted however at the end with 19 Hunderstel projection/lead before the Italienierin Federica Pellegrini .