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Maria Olărașu
Olărașu in 2024
Personal information
Born (2000-05-28) 28 May 2000 (age 24)[1]
Mingir, Moldova
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
CountryMoldova
SportCanoe
Coached byViktor Reneysky
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Samarkand C-2 200 m

Maria Olărașu (born 28 May 2000)[2] is a Moldovan sprint canoeist. She competed solo and with Daniela Cociu at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

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Olărașu and Cociu qualified for the 2020 Olympics by winning the women's C-2 500 meters at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.[3] At the Olympic Women's C-2 500 metres in August 2021, they placed seventh. In the Women's C-1 200 metres, Olărașu placed seventh in the quarterfinals and did not advance to the semifinals.

At the 2023 European Games in Kraków and Małopolska, Olărașu placed fourth in the Women's C-1 500 metres.[4] Olărașu and Mihai Chihaia placed fifth in the Mixed C-2 200 metres and Olărașu and Cociu placed fourth in the Women's C-2 500 metres.

Olărașu and Cociu came in 7th in the Women's C-2 500 metres at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany, qualifying for the 2024 Olympics.[5]

Major results

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Olympic Games

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Year C-1 200 C-2 500
2020 7 QF 7
2024 7 QF 7

World championships

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Year C-1 200 C-1 500 C-1 1000 С-1 5000 C-2 200 C-2 500 C-4 500 XC-2 500 XC-4 500
2017 7 H 8 H
2018 8 9 FB
2019 8 4 FB
2021 4 9
2022 7 DNF 6 7
2023 4 7 8
2024 9 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 6

References

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  1. ^ "Canoe Sprint OLARASU Maria - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Archived from the original on 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Maria Olarasu | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Tears flow as Olympic quotas decided in Szeged". International Canoe Federation. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ "MIRS App". results.european-games.org. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Daniela Cociu și Maria Olărașu, calificare la Jocurile Olimpice de la Paris" (in Romanian). 26 August 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
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