Mihai Zafiu

Romanian canoeist

Mihai Zafiu

Personal information
Born| 9 June 1949 (1949-06-09) (age 74)
Bucharest, Romania
Height| 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight| 87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport| Canoe sprint
Club| Triumf Bucuresti
CS Dinamo București[1]

Medal record

Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
| 1972 Munich | K-4 1000 m
| 1980 Moscow | K-4 1000 m
World Championships
| 1970 Copenhagen | K-1 4×500 m
| 1971 Belgrade | K-1 4×500 m
| 1973 Tampere | K-1 4×500 m
| 1974 Mexico City | K-1 4×500 m
| 1975 Belgrade | K-1 4×500 m
| 1978 Belgrade | K-4 1000 m

Mihai Zafiu (born 9 June 1949) is a Romanian retired canoe sprinter. He competed in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won silver medals in 1972 and 1980, placing fourth in 1976. At the world championships he won six medals between 1970 and 1978, five of them in the K-1 4×500 m relay.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Mihai Zaifu. Romanian Olympic Committee
2. ^ Mihai Zafiu. sports-reference.com

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* ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
* ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)

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World Champions in Men's Canoe Sprint K-1 4 x 500 m relay

* 1948: Sweden
* Lars Glassér
* Lars Helsvik
* Lennart Klingström
* Gert Fredriksson
* 1950: Sweden
* Lars Glassér
* Ingemar Hedberg
* Lennart Klingström
* Gert Fredriksson
* 1954: Sweden
* Lars Glassér
* Carl-Ake Ljung
* Bert Nilsson
* Gert Fredriksson
* 1958: West Germany
* Paul Lange
* Meinrad Miltenberger
* Helmut Herz
* Fritz Briel
* 1963: Romania
* Aurel Vernescu
* Vasilie Nicoară
* Haralambie Ivanov
* Anton Ivanescu
* 1966: Soviet Union
* Georgiy Karyukhin
* Yuriy Kabanov
* Vilnis Baltiņš
* Dmitry Matveyev
* 1970: Soviet Union
* Nikolay Gogol
* Anatoly Tishchenko Sr.
* Anatoliy Kobrisev
* Anatoliy Sedasov
* 1971: Hungary
* Géza Csapó
* István Szabó
* Csaba Giczi
* Mihály Hesz
* 1973: Soviet Union
* Vitaliy Trukshin
* Anatoliy Kobrisev
* Sergey Nikolskiy
* Oleg Zhegoyev
* 1974: Romania
* Vasile Dîba
* Ernst Pavel
* Atanase Sciotnic
* Mihai Zafiu
* 1975: Hungary
* Iván Herczeg
* József Svidró
* Zoltán Sztanity
* Peter Várhelyi

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