Marcel Glăvan

Marcel Glăvan (born 9 March 1975 in Drăgușeni) is a Romanian-born Spanish flatwater canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s (decade). During the mid-1990s, he won two world championship titles in the C-4 event. He was an Olympic silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the C-2 1000 m event with partner Antonel Borșan. He also won a C-4 1000 m gold medal at the 1997 European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Marcel Glăvan
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1996 AtlantaC-2 1000 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 RaciceC-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place1993 RaciceC-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place1993 RaciceC-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1995 DuisburgC-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1997 DartmouthC-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1994 Mexico CityC-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place1994 Mexico CityC-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1995 DuisburgC-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1995 DuisburgC-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place1997 DartmouthC-4 500 m

Competition for a place in the Romanian national team is famously stiff and after a disappointing seventh place in the C-4 1000 m at the 1998 world championships team leader Ivan Patzaichin dropped various stars, including Glăvan. He thus found himself an ex-international at the age of just 23. In 2000, he took Spanish nationality and represented his adopted country at the 2001 and 2002 world championships, reaching the C-4 1000 m final both times.

He is now a coach for High Performance "Infanta Cristina".

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