Vasile Dîba
Dîba in the 1970s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 July 1954 Jurilovca, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 February 2024 (aged 69) Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tulcea CS Dinamo București | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Igor Lipalit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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). He later had a sports hall named after him in Jurilovca. Dîba died in Bucharest on 20 February 2024, at the age of 69.