Bogdan Mada

Bogdan Mada (born February 14, 1989 in Timișoara) is a Romanian sprint canoeist.[1][2] Mada is a member of the canoe and kayak team for Steaua Army Sports Club in Bucharest (Romanian: Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București), and is coached and trained by Florin Scoica.[1]

Bogdan Mada
Personal information
NationalityRomanian
Born (1989-02-14) 14 February 1989
Timișoara, Romania
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
SportCanoeing
Event(s)Sprint canoe
ClubCSA Steaua București[1]
Coached byFlorin Scoica[1]

Mada qualified for the men's K-2 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by finishing fourth from the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[3] Mada and his partner Ionuț Mitrea paddled to a fifth-place finish and thirteenth overall in the B-final by approximately ten seconds behind the Belgian pair Olivier Cauwenbergh and Laurens Pannecoucke, recording their slowest time of 46.495 seconds.[4]

References

  1. "Bogdan Mada". London 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bogdan Mada". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  3. "Ionut Mitrea si Bogdan Mada, locul 4 la Mondiale si calificare la Olimpiada" [Ionut Mitrea and Bogdan Mada finish fourth at World, and qualify for the Olympics] (in Romanian). Sport BZI Romania. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  4. "Men's Kayak Double (K2) 200m Final B". London 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.


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