Mitică Pricop (born 25 October 1977 in Constanţa) is a Romaniansprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Sydney in 2000 with a gold in the C-2 1000 m and a bronze in the C-2 500 m events with Florin Popescu. The following year, they were double European champions over 500 m and 1000 m.
Pricop later competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the C-1 1000 m event. He placed fourth in his initial heat with a time of 4:00.559, qualifying for the semifinals. There, he placed fifth, this time at 3:59.640. He did not advance to the final.
Pricop, a member of the Dinamo Bucharest club, retired from international competition after the Athens Olympics.
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)
mitică, pricop, born, october, 1977, constanţa, romanian, sprint, canoer, competed, from, late, 1990s, 2004, competing, summer, olympics, medals, sydney, 2000, with, gold, 1000, bronze, events, with, florin, popescu, following, year, they, were, double, europe. Mitică Pricop born 25 October 1977 in Constanţa is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to 2004 Competing in two Summer Olympics he won two medals at Sydney in 2000 with a gold in the C 2 1000 m and a bronze in the C 2 500 m events with Florin Popescu The following year they were double European champions over 500 m and 1000 m Mitică Pricop Medal record Men s canoe sprint Representing Romania Olympic Games 2000 Sydney C 2 1000 m 2000 Sydney C 2 500 m World Championships 2002 Seville C 4 500 m 2003 Gainesville C 4 500 m 1999 Milan C 4 500 m 1999 Milan C 4 1000 m 1999 Milan C 4 200 m 2001 Poznan C 2 500 m 2002 Seville C 4 200 m 2003 Gainesville C 4 200 m In 2002 Pricop won the World Championship gold as part of the Romania C 4 500 m team The following year they crossed the line second at the world championships in Gainesville Georgia USA but were later awarded the gold medal after Russian Sergey Ulegin failed a doping test Pricop won a total of eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in his career Pricop later competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the C 1 1000 m event He placed fourth in his initial heat with a time of 4 00 559 qualifying for the semifinals There he placed fifth this time at 3 59 640 He did not advance to the final Pricop a member of the Dinamo Bucharest club retired from international competition after the Athens Olympics References editICF 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 Mitică Pricop at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived External links editMitica Pricop at Olympics com nbsp nbsp This article about a Romanian canoeist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Romanian Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mitică Pricop amp oldid 1195004513, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
