Atanase Sciotnic

Atanase Sciotnic
Personal information
Born1 March 1942
Tulcea County, Romania
Died5 April 2017(2017-04-05) (aged 75)
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubDinamo Bucharest
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1972 MunichK-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place1964 TokyoK-4 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1966 East BerlinK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place1966 East BerlinK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1971 BelgradeK-4 10000 m
Gold medal – first place1974 Mexico CityK-1 4×500 m
Silver medal – second place1966 East BerlinK-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1970 CopenhagenK-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place1966 East BerlinK-1 4×500 m
Bronze medal – third place1973 TampereK-1 4×500 m
Bronze medal – third place1973 TampereK-4 10000 m

Atanase Sciotnic, also listed as Atanasie (1 March 1942 – 5 April 2017), was a Romanian sprint canoeist. He took part in the two-man and four man events at most major competitions between 1963 and 1974 and won two Olympic and nine world championships medals, including four gold medals.

References

  1. ↑ Atanase Sciotnic's obituary (in Romanian)
  2. ↑ Atanasie Sciotnic. Romanian Olympic Committee
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Atanase Sciotnic". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.