Vasile Dîba

Vasile Dîba

Dîba in the 1970s
Personal information
Born	24 July 1954 (1954-07-24) Jurilovca, Romania[1]
Died	20 February 2024(2024-02-20) (aged 69) Bucharest, Romania
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1976 Montreal K-1 500 m 1976 Montreal K-1 1000 m 1980 Moscow K-4 1000 m 1980 Moscow K-1 500 m World Championships 1974 Mexico City K-1 500 m 1974 Mexico City K-1 4×500 m 1975 Belgrade K-1 500 m 1975 Belgrade K-1 4×500 m 1977 Sofia K-1 500 m 1977 Sofia K-1 1000 m 1978 Belgrade K-1 500 m

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][2][3][4] He later had a sports hall named after him in Jurilovca.^[5] Dîba died in Bucharest on 20 February 2024, at the age of 69.^[6]

References

1. Vasile Dîba. Sports-reference.com
2. Floristeanu, Ana (2021), Vasile Dîba, primul campion olimpic al kaiacului românesc: "Doamne Dumnezeule cum îmi bătea inima!". Exclusiv [Vasile Dîba, the first Olympic champion of Romanian kayaking: "My God, how my heart was beating!". Exclusive] (in Romanian), fanataki.ro, retrieved 12 April 2023
3. Campionul olimpic Vasile Dîba a primit o sală de sport în Jurilovca! [Olympic champion Vasile Dîba received a gym in Jurilovca!] (in Romanian), Infotulcea.ro, 2023, retrieved 12 April 2023
4. La 47 de ani de la aurul olimpic la kaiac de la Montreal, Vasile Dîba își spune povestea de acasă, din Deltă [47 years after the Olympic gold in kayaking in Montreal, Vasile Dîba tells his story from home, in the Delta] (in Romanian), sptfm.ro, 2023, retrieved 12 April 2023
5. Gavrilas, Calin (2023), Tristețea unui campion olimpic: "Acum sunt bani, dar nu e performanță". Cum arată Sala de Sport care-i va purta numeleă [The sadness of an Olympic champion: "Now there's money, but no performance." What does the Sports Hall that will bear his name look like?] (in Romanian), Adevarul.ro, retrieved 12 April 2023
6. Vasile Dîba, primul român campion olimpic la kaiac, a încetat din viață la 70 de ani (in Romanian)

External links

• 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)