Mihai Cristian TENTEA

Romania

Bobsleigh

Date of Birth: 30 Dec 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Place of birth: PITESTI

Birth Country:

Romania

Residence: PITESTI

Residence Country:

Romania

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Bobsleigh	2-man ROU Romania	16
	4-man ROU Romania	13

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 5	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
18	2-man	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:03:18.980

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Women's Monobob	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:01:54.620

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
10	2-man	2020	Altenberg, GER	3:43.09
17	2-man	2021	Altenberg, GER	3:44.23
19	4-man	2020	Altenberg, GER	3:43.31
22	2-man	2019	Whistler, BC, CAN	2:36.17
32	2-man	2017	Koenigssee, GER	2:31.32
DNS	4-man	2021	Altenberg, GER

Junior World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
3	2-man	2021	St. Moritz, SUI	2:16.19
6	4-man	2021	St. Moritz, SUI	2:11.55
8	2-man	2020	Winterberg, GER	1:52.08
8	2-man	2019	Koenigssee, GER	1:40.22
12	4-man	2020	Winterberg, GER	1:52.38
15	4-man	2019	Koenigssee, GER	1:39.82

Junior World Championships U23
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	2-man	2021	St. Moritz, SUI	2:16.19
1	2-man	2020	Winterberg, GER	1:52.08
2	4-man	2019	Koenigssee, GER	1:39.82
3	2-man	2019	Koenigssee, GER	1:40.22

World Cup Rankings
Season	2-man	4-man
2021/22	14	19
2020/21	14	18
2019/20	24	32
2018/19	34

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	2-man	4-man
2021/22	1 x 7th, 1 x 10th, 1 x 12th	2 x 15th, 1 x 16th, 1 x 17th
2020/21	1 x 7th, 1 x 8th, 1 x 9th	1 x 12th, 1 x 14th, 1 x 19th
2019/20	1 x 9th, 1 x 10th, 1 x 11th	1 x 16th
2018/19	1 x 15th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
7	2-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:44.47
10	2-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:43.82
12	2-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:51.06
14	2-man	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT	1:39.92
15	4-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:49.64
15	4-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:42.86
16	4-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:42.45
17	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:49.08
18	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:51.28
19	4-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:50.49

Hobbies:

Cycling, computer games.

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

University of Pitesti Faculty of Physical Education and Sports (ROU).

Languages spoken:

Romanian, English

Club name:

CS Muscelul Campulung

Coach:

National: Iulian Pacioianu (ROU)

Position style:

Pilot

Other sports:

Athletics: Competed from age 12 for CSM Pitesti.

Debut:

2017 World Championships in Koenigssee (Two-man - 32nd)
2019 World Cup in Calgary (Two-man - 15th)

National team:

2014

Start:

In 2014, he was recruited by Romanian national team coach and former Olympic bobsledder Iulian Pacioianu, who saw he had the build of a bobsledder. (artout.ro, 2018)

Reason:

"For me, this sport means everything. I can't even describe the sensation you feel when you go down the slope. It's pure adrenaline. An extreme sport that won me over." (artout.ro, 2018)

Ambition:

To get "as close as possible" to a World Cup podium and to take part in four Olympic Winter Games. (artout.ro, 2018)

Hero:

Bobsledder Nicolae Istrate (ROU), three-time Olympian (2006, 2010, 2014).

Bobsledder Iulian Pacioianu, three-time Olympian (1994, 1998, 2002), current national team head coach. (Info 2018)

Award:

Rookie Trophy (2017)

General Interest

ROOKIE TROPHY
At the 2017 World Championships, in his first major senior international event, he received the Rookie Trophy, awarded since 1931 to the sport's best young pilot. Only two other Romanians have received this honour - Ion Panturu in 1964 and Dragos Panaitescu in 1972. (cosr.ro; romania-actualitati.ro, 20 Feb 2017)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Youngest Romanian bobsledder to compete at an Olympic Winter Games when he debuted in Pyeongchang in 2018 (19 years 50 days), where he was also the youngest athlete in the field.

Finished fourth in the monobob at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games, 0.09 seconds from the bronze medal (0.33 seconds from gold).

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Four appearances at the World Championships, with a top finish of 10th in two-man in 2020. In 2021, he was 17th in two-man and did not finish the four-man.

2021 Junior World Championships two-man bronze medallist (with Ciprian Daroczi).

Six-time U23 Junior World Championships medallist in five editions. Won back-to-back titles in the two-man in 2020 and 2021 with brakeman Ciprian Daroczi, along with two silvers (2018 two-man, 2019 four-man - 0.01 seconds from gold), and two bronzes (2017 four-man, 2019 two-man).

WORLD CUP
Broke into the World Cup top-10 finishing ninth in two-man in 2020 (Koenigssee), with his top result of seventh in Sigulda (2020).

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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