Romanian sprint canoer This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. (January 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. Please help by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Find sources: "Lavrente Calinov" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Lavrente Calinov Personal information Nickname(s)| Kalinka, Cali, Lavric Citizenship| Romania Born| (1936-08-16)August 16, 1936 Mila 23, Tulcea County Died| București Years active| 1956-1968 Spouse(s)| Aniuta Calinov Sport Sport| Canoe sprint Event(s)| C-2 10000 m Club| * 1956-1958 CS Steaua * 1958-1968 CS Dinamo București Medal record Men's canoe sprint World Championships | 1958 Prague | C-2 10,000 m European Championships | Gent 1957 | C-2 10,000 m | Duisburg 1959 | C-2 1,000 m | Duisburg 1959 | C-2 10,000 m | Poznan 1961 | C-2 10,000 m | 1963 Jajce | C-2 10,000 m 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] ## Early life[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] He married Aniuta Pogor in 1963 and had two children, Iulian Doroftei born in 1967 and Olga Lucheria born in 1972. ## References[edit] * ICF medals: http://www.canoeresults.eu/medals?year=&name=Kalinov+Lavrente * ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05) * ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09) * Lavrente Calinov on the official Canoe site from Romania http://www.canoe.ro/?page=special&root_category=5&child_category=62 * Lavrente Calinov mentioned as non olympian podium finisher 3rd 1963 C2 10000 m. [1] * Lavrente Calinov bronze medal at European Championships in 1957. http://www.csasteaua.ro/1957/ * Famous people from Mila 23 https://adevarul.ro/locale/tulcea/delta-patria-invingatorilor-mila-23-crisan-caraorman-dat-24-campioni-mondiali-patzaichin-nu-stiu-m-am-nascut-apa-uscat-1_561ff4edf5eaafab2cb2a1e8/index.html 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".