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Florin Georgian Mironcic

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Florin Georgian Mironcic
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Zagreb C-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Szeged C-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Duisburg C-4 500 m

Florin Georgian Mironcic (born 4 May 1981 in Brăila) is an athlete from Romania sprint canoer who has competed since 2003. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-4 1000 m: 2005) and two bronzes (C-4 500 m: 2006, 2007).

Mironcic also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the C-1 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008.

Dubbed Uriaşul Blond (Romanian for "The Blond Giant"), he is a member of the Dinamo Bucharest club. Mironcic is 1.92 m (6'4") tall and weighs 95 kg (209 lbs).

References

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  • 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)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Florin Mironcic". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19.