Aurel Vernescu

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Aurel Vernescu
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver 1972 Munich K-4 1000 m
Bronze 1964 Tokyo K-1 1000 m
Bronze 1964 Tokyo K-4 1000 m
World Championships
Gold 1963 Jajce K-1 500 m
Gold 1963 Jajce K-1 4 x 500 m
Gold 1966 East Berlin K-1 500 m
Gold 1966 East Berlin K-2 500 m
Silver 1963 Jajce K-1 1000 m
Silver 1963 Jajce K-2 500 m
Silver 1966 East Berlin K-2 1000 m
Silver 1970 Copenhagen K-1 4 x 500 m
Silver 1970 Copenhagen K-2 500 m
Silver 1971 Belgrade K-1 4 x 500 m
Bronze 1966 East Berlin K-1 4 x 500 m

Aurel Vernescu (January 23, 1939 – December 1, 2008) was a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals with a silver (1972: K-4 1000 m) and two bronze (1964: both K-1 1000 m and K-4 1000 m).

Vernescu also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 500 m: 1963, 1966; K-1 4 x 500 m: 1963, K-2 500 m: 1966), five silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1963, K-1 4 x 500 m: 1970, 1971, K-2 500 m: 1966, 1970; K-2 1000 m: 1966), and one bronze (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1966).

He died on December 1, 2008 from a cardiac insufficiency.

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