Aurel Vernescu
{{Short description|Romanian sprint kayaker}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
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| image = Aurel Vernescu.jpg
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| birth_date = 23 January 1939
| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania
| death_date = 1 December 2008 (aged 69)
| death_place = Bucharest, Romania
| height = 188 cm
| weight = 88 kg
| sport = Canoe sprint
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| club = Dinamo București
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver|1972 Munich|K-4 1000 m}}
{{MedalBronze|1964 Tokyo|K-1 1000 m}}
{{MedalBronze|1964 Tokyo|K-4 1000 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1963 Jajce|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|1963 Jajce|K-1 4×500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|1963 Jajce|K-1 1000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|1963 Jajce|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|1966 East Berlin|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|1966 East Berlin|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|1966 East Berlin|K-1 4×500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|1966 East Berlin|K-2 1000 m}}
{{MedalSilver|1970 Copenhagen|K-1 4×500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|1970 Copenhagen|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|1971 Belgrade|K-1 4×500 m}}
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Aurel Vernescu (23 January 1939 – 1 December 2008) was a Romanian sprint kayaker. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won three medals with a silver in 1972 in the K-4 1000 m and two bronze medals in 1964 in the K-1 1000 m and K-4 1000 m events. He served as a flag bearer for Romania at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics.
Vernescu also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 500 m: 1963, 1966; K-1 4×500 m: 1963, K-2 500 m: 1966), five silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1963, K-1 4×500 m: 1970, 1971, K-2 500 m: 1966, 1970; K-2 1000 m: 1966), and one bronze (K-1 4×500 m: 1966).
Vernescu took up kayaking aged 13 and in total won 42 national titles. He retired from competitions in 1972 to become a kayaking coach and administrator.
References
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[http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/aurel-vernescu Aurel Vernescu]. Romanian Olympic Committee
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- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=5 January 2010 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 }}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=9 November 2009 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081204011520/http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/drama-aurel-vernescu-a-incetat-din-viata-3591902 Prosport.ro 2 December 2008 article on Vernescu's death.] {{in lang|ro}} – accessed 18 March 2009.
External links
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- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-1 500 m Men}}
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-1 4 x 500 m Men}}
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-2 500 m Men}}
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Category:Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Romanian male canoeists
Category:Olympic canoeists for Romania
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Romania
Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing
Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Bucharest
Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen
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