Mitică Pricop, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mitică Pricop

Canoe racer

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1977

Place of Birth: Constanța, Constanța County, Romania

Profession: canoeist

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Mitică Pricop

  • Mitica Pricop (born October 25, 1977 in Constanta) 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.

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