Florin Georgian Mironcic
Florin Georgian Mironcic (born May 4, 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).
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing  Romania | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2005 Zagreb | C-4 1000 m |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2006 Szeged | C-4 500 m |
| 2007 Duisburg | C-4 500 m |
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
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- 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.
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