Mihai Zafiu

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver	1972 Munich	K-4 1000 m
Silver	1980 Moscow	K-4 1000 m
World Championships
Gold	1974 Mexico City	K-1 4 x 500 m
Silver	1970 Copenhagen	K-1 4 x 500 m
Silver	1971 Belgrade	K-1 4 x 500 m
Silver	1975 Belgrade	K-1 4 x 500 m
Silver	1978 Belgrade	K-4 1000 m
Bronze	1973 Tampere	K-1 4 x 500 m

Mihai Zafiu (born June 9, 1949) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals in the K-4 1000 m event, earning them in 1972 and 1980.

Zafiu also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1974), four silvers (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1970, 1971, 1975; K-4 1000 m: 1978), and a bronze (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1973).

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.
• Sport-reference.com profile

Persondata
Name	Zafiu, Mihai
Alternative names
Short description	Romanian canoeist
Date of birth	June 9, 1949
Place of birth
Date of death
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