Lidia Talpă
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Lidia Talpă (born November 3, 1982, in
Turnu Măgurele Turnu Măgurele () is a municipiu, city in Teleorman County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu fortress, Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between ...
) is a
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n
sprint canoer 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 mid-2000s. She won two medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). They ...
with a silver (K-4 1000 m:
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) and a bronze (K-4 500 m:
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). Talpă also competed in the K-2 500 m event at the
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
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, but was eliminated in the semifinals.


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1982 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Romania Romanian female canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak People from Turnu Măgurele Sportspeople from Teleorman County 21st-century Romanian sportswomen {{Romania-canoe-bio-stub