Viorica Dumitru (born August 4, 1946) is a Romania

Romania

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n sprint canoer

Canoe racing

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 who competed from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two bronze medals (1968

1968 Summer Olympics

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: K-1 500 m, 1972

1972 Summer Olympics

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: K-2 500 m).

Dumitru also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-2 500 m: 1974

1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

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) and three bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1973, K-4 500 m: 1973, 1974).