Maria Nichiforov
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| Born | April 9, 1951 Mila 23, Romania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 June 2022 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CS Dinamo București[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Nichiforov (later Mihoreanu, 9 April 1951–24 June 2022) was a Romanian sprint canoer. She won four medals at the world championships with a silver in 1974 and bronzes in 1973, 1974 and 1975. At the 1972 Olympics she won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event and placed sixth in the singles. She is a sister-in-law of the Olympic canoer Maria Ştefan-Mihoreanu.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Nichiforov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b Maria Nichiforov. Romanian Olympic Committee
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)
- Maria Nichiforov at Olympics.com
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- 1951 births
- 2022 deaths
- Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists for Romania
- Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
- Romanian female canoeists
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Tulcea County
- Romanian canoeist stubs
- Romanian Olympic medalist stubs