Vasile Dîba (24 July 1954 – 20 February 2024) was a Romaniansprint canoeist. Competing in threeSummer Olympics in 1976–1984, he won four medals with one gold (1976: K-1 500 m), one silver (1980: K-4 1000 m), and two bronzes (1976: K-1 1000 m, 1980: K-1 500 m). Dîba also won seven medals at theICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (K-1 500 m:1974,1977,1978; K-1 1000 m: 1977, K-1 4×500 m: 1974) and two silvers (K-1 500 m and K-1 4×500 m: both1975).[1][3][4][5] He later had a sports hall named after him inJurilovca.[6] Dîba died inBucharest on 20 February 2024, at the age of 69.[7]
