Vasile Dîba

Vasile Dîba

150px Vasile Dîba (right) during the victory ceremony at the 1980 Summer Olympics. RIAN photo.
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	K-1 500 m
	1980 Moscow	K-4 1000 m
	1976 Montreal	K-1 1000 m
	1980 Moscow	K-1 500 m
World Championships
	1974 Mexico City	K-1 500 m
	1974 Mexico City	K-1 4 x 500 m
	1977 Sofia	K-1 500 m
	1977 Sofia	K-1 1000 m
	1978 Belgrade	K-1 500 m
	1975 Belgrade	K-1 500 m
	1975 Belgrade	K-1 4 x 500 m

Vasile Dîba (born July 24, 1954) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, 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 x 500 m: 1974) and two silvers (K-1 500 m and K-1 4 x 500 m: both 1975).

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile