MIHALACHI Victor

Date of Birth: 24 Feb 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Men's Canoe Single 1000m	21
	Men's Canoe Double 1000m ROU Romania	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Canoe Double 1000m Heat 2 #7	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Canoe Double 1000m Quarterfinal 1 #20	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Canoe Double 1000m Semi-final 1 #29	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Canoe Double 1000m Final A #38	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Canoe Single 1000m Heat 4 #98	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Canoe Single 1000m Quarterfinal 2 #107	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	C2 1000m
2012	London, GBR	7

World Championships

Year	Location	C2 200m	C2 500m	C2 1000m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	-	5
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	-	7	9
2017	Racice, CZE	-	2	5
2015	Milan, ITA	-	-	10
2014	Moscow, RUS	9	2	1
2013	Duisburg, GER	-	7	9
2011	Szeged, HUN	8	1	3
2010	Poznan, POL	4	1	1
2009	Dartmouth, NS, CAN	-	18	-

European Games

Year	Location	C2 1000m
2019	Minsk, BLR	1

European Championships

Year	Location	C2 200m	C2 500m	C2 1000m
2021	Poznan, POL	-	6	3
2018	Belgrade, SRB	6	1	2
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	5	2	5

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	C2 1000m
2020	1 x 3rd
2018	1 x 9th
2017	1 x 5th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2020	Canoe Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:41.60
5	2017	Canoe Double 1000m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	3:34.392
9	2018	Canoe Double 1000m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:52.532

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Physical Education - University of Pitesti, Romania

Languages spoken:

CS Dinamo Bucuresti [Romania]

Florin Popescu [national], ROU

He took up the sport at age nine. (adevarul.ro, 22 Nov 2011)

His father liked canoeing and was a coach at the local school. He instilled a love of boats and the water into his son. (adevarul.ro, 22 Nov 2011)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (click.ro, 03 Jan 2020)

His father. (adevarul.ro, 22 Nov 2011)

He was named Best Romanian Sportsman in 2010. (adevarul.ro, 22 Nov 2011)

General Interest

General
RIO 2016 WITHDRAWAL
He and his former C2 partner Liviu Dumitrescu were selected to compete for Romania at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. However, in April 2016, Dumitrescu was banned from competition for one year having tested positive for the banned substance meldonium. Mihalachi refused to attend the Games with a new teammate and gave up his spot. (click.ro, 31 Dec 2019; 007sport.ro, 17 Jul 2017; digisport.ro, 27 May 2017)

FROM MOLDOVA TO ROMANIA
He won a gold medal for the Republic of Moldova at the 2007 World Junior Championships in Brno, Czech Republic. Later that year he decided to move to Romania after claiming he was not receiving sufficient funding from the Moldovan federation. (adevarul.ro, 22 Nov 2011)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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