Vlad Dragoș Aicoboae

{{short description|Romanian rower}}

{{use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Vlad Dragoș Aicoboae

| birth_name =

| fullname =

| nationality =

| residence =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|10|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dorohoi, Romania

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height =

| weight =

| country = Romania

| sport = Rowing

| event =

| olympics =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ROU}}}}

{{MedalComp|World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Dorney|Double sculls}}

{{MedalComp|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Poznań|Eight}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Varese|Eight}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Glasgow|Eight}}

}}

Vlad Dragoș Aicoboae (born 10 October 1993) is a Romanian rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/vlad-dragos-aicoboae |title=Vlad-Dragoș Aicoboae |access-date=23 August 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |archive-date=25 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825052627/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/vlad-dragos-aicoboae |url-status=dead }}

Career

At the age of 17, he has started canoeing, after he quit handball.[http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/vlad-dragos-aicoboae Vlad-Dragoș Aicoboae] la Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român

His first important result with his first international participation. In 2010, at the World Junior Championships, the four-man squadron crew (Toader-Andrei Gontaru, Marius Vasile Cozmiuc and Cosmin Răzvan Bogus) won the gold medal.{{cite web|title=Canotaj: Două medalii de aur și una de argint pentru România, la CM de juniori de la Racice|url=http://www.agerpres.ro/sport/2010/08/09/canotaj-doua-medalii-de-aur-si-una-de-argint-pentru-romania-la-cm-de-juniori-de-la-racice-11-30-16|agency=Agerpres|access-date=9 August 2010|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818213053/http://www.agerpres.ro/sport/2010/08/09/canotaj-doua-medalii-de-aur-si-una-de-argint-pentru-romania-la-cm-de-juniori-de-la-racice-11-30-16|url-status=dead}} In 2011, at the Junior World Championships in Eton, Berkshire, England, the two-man squadron crew won the highest podium rate.{{cite web|title=Canotaj: 2 medalii de aur și 1 de argint, duminică, la Mondialele pentru juniori de la Eton|url=http://www.agerpres.ro/sport/2011/08/07/canotaj-2-medalii-de-aur-si-1-de-argint-duminica-la-mondialele-pentru-juniori-de-la-eton-15-57-38|agency=Agerpres|access-date=7 August 2011}}

In 2014, the four-man squadron crew consisting of Aicoboae, Gontaru, Cozmiuc and Adrian Damii won the bronze medal at the U23 World Championships held in Varese, Italy.{{cite web|title=Canotaj: România a cucerit trei medalii la Mondialele Under-23 de la Varese, aur, argint și bronz|url=http://www.agerpres.ro/sport/2014/07/27/canotaj-romania-a-cucerit-trei-medalii-la-mondialele-under-23-de-la-varese-aur-argint-si-bronz-14-24-10|agency=Agerpres|access-date=27 July 2014}} In 2015, at the World Cup, held in Lucerne, Switzerland, the same crew won the third place.{{cite web|title=Canotaj: Echipajul masculin de patru rame fără cârmaci al României, locul 3 la Cupa Mondială de la Lucerna|url=http://www.agerpres.ro/sport/2015/07/13/canotaj-echipajul-masculin-de-patru-rame-fara-carmaci-al-romaniei-locul-3-la-cupa-mondiala-de-la-lucerna-00-28-10|agency=Agerpres|access-date=13 July 2015}}

References

{{reflist}}