Viorica Dumitru (born 4 August 1946) is a retired

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 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 ...

. She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and 1973 and 1974 world championships and won one silver and five bronze medals in various events. She also placed fourth in the K-2 500 m final at the 1968 Olympics, 0.57 seconds behind the second and third places.Canoeing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Women's Kayak Doubles, 500 metres
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* * 1946 births Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Romanian female canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Romanian sportswomen Sportspeople from Bucharest {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub