Vasilie Nicoară

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Vasilie Nicoară
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Jajce K-1 4 x 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1963 Jajce K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1963 Jajce K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1963 Jajce K-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1966 East Berlin K-1 4 x 500 m

Vasile Nicoară (13 June 1937 – 1978) was a Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in 1960s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 4 x 500 m, K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m: all 1963), a silver (K-4 1000 m: 1963), and a bronze (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1966).[citation needed]

Nicoară also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-2 1000 m event at Tokyo in 1964.

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