Costel Coșniță

Costel Coșniță

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
	1971 Belgrade	K-4 10000 m
	1975 Belgrade	K-4 10000 m
	1970 Copenhagen	K-2 10000 m
	1971 Belgrade	K-2 1000 m
	1973 Tampere	K-4 10000 m

Costel Coşniţă (born 16 April 1943) is a Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1970s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 10000 m: 1971), a silver (K-4 10000 m: 1975), and three bronzes (K-2 1000 m: 1971, K-2 10000 m: 1970, K-4 10000 m: 1973.

Coşniţă also finished fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Costel Coșniță". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.