Anton Calenic (born 1 February 1943) is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who competed in the late 1960s. At the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

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, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event. Calenic also won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the

1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in the East Berlin suburb of Grünau in East Germany. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. From 19 to 21 August, competitors used the regatta course o ...

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* * * 1943 births Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania Romanian male canoeists Romanian people of Russian descent Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub