Mihai Țurcaș (born 18 November 1942 - d. 22 December 2002) was a

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n sprint canoeist. Competing in the four-man 1000 m event (K-4 1000 m) he won the world title in 1966, the European title in 1967, and two Olympic medals in 1964 and 1968. After retiring from competition he worked as a kayaking coach and was involved with the national junior and senior teams between 1990 and 1992.

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* * 1942 births Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 2002 deaths Olympic canoeists for Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Romanian male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Brașov