Nikolina Moldovan ( sr-cyr, Николина Молдован, born 1 May 1990) is a Serbian

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 ...

Career

Nikolina was born on 1 May 1990 in

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to a Serb father, Zoran Moldovan and a Russian mother, Tatjana, originally from

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. Her sister

Olivera Moldovan Olivera Moldovan ( sr-cyr, Оливера Молдован, born 1 March 1989) is a Serbian sprint canoer. Career Olivera was born on 1 March 1989 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia to a Serb father, Zoran Moldovan and a Russian mother, Tatjana, ...

is also a sprint canoer. Nikolina represented Serbia at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in 2 disciplines: K-1 200m and K-2 500m (with her sister, Olivera Moldovan). Moldovan competed in the same event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. In the K-2 500m she competed with Milica Starovic.

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* * * * * 1990 births Living people Serbian female canoeists Serbian people of Russian descent Olympic canoeists for Serbia Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Belgrade ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak European Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for Serbia Summer World University Games medalists in canoeing FISU World University Games silver medalists for Serbia FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Serbia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century Serbian sportswomen {{Serbia-canoe-bio-stub