Vasile Dîba (born 24 July 1954) is a retired

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n sprint canoeist. Competing in three

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in 1976–1984, he won four medals with one gold (

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: K-1 500 m), one silver (

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: K-4 1000 m), and two bronzes (1976: K-1 1000 m, 1980: K-1 500 m). Dîba also won seven medals at the

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with five golds (K-1 500 m:

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

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; K-1 1000 m: 1977, K-1 4×500 m: 1974) and two silvers (K-1 500 m and K-1 4×500 m: both

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

). He later had a sports hall named after him in

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* * 1954 births Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic gold medalists 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 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tulcea County