Daniel Stoian (born 21 April 1967) is a
Romania
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sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won four medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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with a gold (K-2 1000 m:
1986
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), two silvers (K-2 200 m:
1994
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,
1995
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), and a bronze (K-2 10000 m: 1986).
Stoian also competed in three
Summer Olympics
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, earning his best finish of fifth twice (
K-2 500 m:
1988
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,
K-4 1000 m:
1992
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).
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1967 births
Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Romania
Romanian male canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Romanian sportsmen
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