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Maria Ștefan

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Maria Ştefan (later Mihoreanu, and Cosma, born 16 February 1954) is a retired Romanian canoe sprinter who competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event in 1984 and placed fourth-fifth in the singles in 1976 and 1980. She won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, one each in the K-1 500 m (1983), the K-2 500 m (1981), and the K-4 500 m (1983) events. Her sister-in-law Maria Nichiforov is also a former Olympic canoer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Ștefan is the 2,247th most popular athlete (down from 2,112th in 2019), the 531st most popular biography from Romania (down from 526th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Romanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Maria Ștefan ranks 2,247 out of 6,025Before her are Michel Knuysen, Simon Dickie, Arto Bryggare, Torben Grael, Michael Wenden, and Françoise Mbango Etone. After her are Con Leahy, Yelizaveta Bagryantseva, Marian Woronin, Robert Korzeniowski, Zoltán Sztanity, and Christine Muzio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Maria Ștefan ranks 579Before her are Cindy McCain, Don Stark, Jochen Schümann, Mike Kelley, Caroline Cossey, and Christine Scheiblich. After her are Yuli Tamir, Zoltán Sztanity, Katharine Jefferts Schori, Kevin Warwick, Renate Dorrestein, and Barbara Prammer.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Maria Ștefan ranks 531 out of 844Before her are Radu Voina (1950), Florența Mihai (1955), Ion Negoițescu (1921), Constantin Gâlcă (1972), Lavinia Miloșovici (1976), and Vasile Pușcașu (1956). After her are Corneliu Ion (1951), Elena Georgescu (1964), Ioan Andone (1960), Paula Seling (1978), Ioan Lupescu (1968), and Linda Maria Baros (1981).

Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Maria Ștefan ranks 33Before her are Chira Apostol (1960), Fița Lovin (1951), Elena Horvat (1958), Costică Dafinoiu (1954), Gabriela Szabo (1975), and Dimitrie Popescu (1961). After her are Corneliu Ion (1951), Elena Georgescu (1964), Valer Toma (1957), Maria Fricioiu (1960), Petru Iosub (1961), and Nicu Vlad (1963).