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Vasile Dîba

1954 - 2024

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasile Dîba is the 1,159th most popular athlete (down from 184th in 2019), the 411th most popular biography from Romania (down from 225th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Romanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vasile Dîba ranks 1,159 out of 6,025. Before him are Queenie Newall, Marjorie Clark, Siegfried Purner, Piero D'Inzeo, Irina Beglyakova, and Béla Békessy. After him are John Brinck, Christian Gitsham, Eino Purje, Janusz Sidło, Kazimierz Zimny, and Richard Gunn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Vasile Dîba ranks 382. Before him are Joep Lange, Kiki Smith, Neal Schon, Susan Kare, Thomas Struth, and Kamal Haasan. After him are Trevor Rabin, Toshiaki Imai, Phil Zimmermann, Joe Bryant, Herbert Zimmermann, and Graziano Rossi. Among people deceased in 2024, Vasile Dîba ranks 378. Before him are Domingo Pérez, Brian Lumley, Jadwiga Barańska, Duane Eddy, Bill Walton, and Helen Gallagher. After him are Mokhtar Hasni, Terry Bisson, Joe Bryant, Steve Lawrence, Robert H. Dennard, and Jon Landau.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Vasile Dîba ranks 411 out of 844. Before him are Alexandru Neagu (1948), Bogdan Stelea (1967), Ilie Balaci (1956), Ion Drîmbă (1942), Blanka Teleki (1806), and Nicolae Golescu (1810). After him are Richard Wagner (1952), Ștefania Mărăcineanu (1882), Florin Gheorghiu (1944), George Lusztig (1946), Gabi Balint (1963), and Samuel Zauber (1901).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Vasile Dîba ranks 18. Before him are Ion Panțuru (1934), Valeriu Bularca (1931), Atanase Sciotnic (1942), Valeria Bufanu (1946), Nicolae Neagoe (1941), and Ion Drîmbă (1942). After him are Vasile Tiță (1928), Leon Rotman (1934), Constantin Alexandru (1953), Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (1962), Paula Ivan (1963), and Sofia Corban (1956).

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