Mitică Pricop
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
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-4 500 m | |
2001 Poznań | C-2 500 m | |
2002 Seville | C-4 200 m | |
2003 Gainesville | C-4 200 m |
Mitică Pricop (born October 25, 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.
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
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
- Sports-reference.com profile