Lavrente Calinov

Lavrente Calinov was a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won one silver medals in the C-2 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 1958. He also won 5 silver and bronze medals in the C-2 10000 m event at the European Canoe Sprint World Championships in 1957,[1] 1958,[2] 1960,[3] and 1963.[4]

Lavrente Calinov
Personal information
Nickname(s)Kalinka, Cali, Lavric
CitizenshipRomania
Born(1936-08-16)August 16, 1936
Mila 23, Tulcea County
DiedBucurești
Years active1956-1968
Spouse(s)Aniuta Calinov
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
Event(s)C-2 10000 m
Club
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1958 PragueC-2 10,000 m
European Championships
Bronze medal – third placeGent 1957 C-2 10,000 m
Silver medal – second placeDuisburg 1959 C-2 1,000 m
Bronze medal – third placeDuisburg 1959 C-2 10,000 m
Bronze medal – third placePoznan 1961 C-2 10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place1963 JajceC-2 10,000 m

Early life

Lavrente Calinov was born in the Danube Delta of Romania in the village of Mila 23 accessible only by boat in a Russian speaking Old Believers community known as Lipovans on August 16, 1936. By the time he was 10 he started helping his father Ignat with fishing work in the Danube Delta. At 16 he left home to work in the city of Sulina as a fisherman on the Black Sea until he was drafted in the Romanian conscription based military service at the time.

Competitive career

Lavrente's career started at the CSA Steaua, which at the time was the sports club ran by the Romanian armed forces, and this is where he won his first two international medals in 1957[5] and 1958.[6] He transferred two years later to CS Dinamo București where he stayed until the end of his career. His main event was Sprint Canoe 2, 10,000 m, but he occasionally competed in the C2 1,000 m event. His stance in the sprint canoe was right handed. His main event was not an Olympic event at the time, so he only competed in World and European championships, never in the Olympics. He retired from the sport in 1968.

Personal life

He married Aniuta Pogor in 1963 and had two children, Iulian Doroftei born in 1967 and Olga Lucheria born in 1972.

References

Specific

  1. "Canoeresults".
  2. "Canoeresults".
  3. "Canoeresults".
  4. "Canoeresults".
  5. "1957 – CSA Steaua Clubul Sportiv al Armatei STEAUA Bucureşti".
  6. "1958 – CSA Steaua Clubul Sportiv al Armatei STEAUA Bucureşti".
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