Vasile Dîba Explained

Birth Place:Jurilovca, Romania[1]
Death Place:Bucharest, Romania
Height:182 cm
Weight:86 kg
Sport:Canoe sprint
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Vasile Dîba (24 July 1954 – 20 February 2024) was a Romanian sprint canoeist. Competing in three Summer Olympics in 1976–1984, he won four medals with one gold (1976: K-1 500 m), one silver (1980: K-4 1000 m), and two bronzes (1976: K-1 1000 m, 1980: K-1 500 m). Dîba also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (K-1 500 m: 1974, 1977, 1978; K-1 1000 m: 1977, K-1 4×500 m: 1974) and two silvers (K-1 500 m and K-1 4×500 m: both 1975).[1] He later had a sports hall named after him in Jurilovca. Dîba died in Bucharest on 20 February 2024, at the age of 69.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235457/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/vasile-diba-1.html Vasile Dîba
  2. https://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/altele/deces-vasile-diba-primul-roman-campion-olimpic-kaiac-731295.html Vasile Dîba, primul român campion olimpic la kaiac, a încetat din viață la 70 de ani