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Born | Mila 23, Romania [1] | 9 April 1951||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 June 2022 | (aged 71)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CS Dinamo București [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Nichiforov (later Mihoreanu, 9 April 1951 – 24 June 2022) was a Romanian canoe sprinter. She won four medals at the world championships with a silver in 1974 and bronzes in 1973, 1974 and 1975. At the 1972 Olympics she won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event and placed sixth in the singles. She is a sister-in-law of the Olympic canoer Maria Ştefan-Mihoreanu. [1] [2]