Marian Baban

Marian Baban (born 8 January 1976) is a Romanian sprint kayaker who competed in the early to mid-2000s. He won three silver medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, one in the K-4 200 m in 2003 (with Corneli Vasile Curuzan, Geza Magyar, and Romică Şerban) and two in the K-4 500 m in 2001 and 2003 (both with Corneli Vasile Curuzan, Alexandru Ceaușu, and Romică Șerban).

Marian Baban

Medal record
Men's sprint kayak
Representing Romania
World Championships
	2001 Poznań	K-4 500 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-4 200 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-4 500 m
European Championships
	2006 Račice	K-4 500 m
	2005 Poznań	K-4 500 m

Competing in the men's K-4 500 m event, Baban won a silver medal at the 2006 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Račice (with Alexandru Ceaușu, Ștefan Vasile and Alin Anton) and a bronze medal at the 2005 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Poznań (with Ștefan Vasile, Alin Anton and Florean Mada).

Baban, who was born in Turnu Măgurele, Teleorman County, also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh in the K-4 1000 m event at Athens in 2004 (with Alexandru Ceauşu, Ștefan Vasile and Corneli Vasile Curuzan).

European Championship medals

• Silver K4 500m 2006 Račice, Czech Republic 1:20.616
• Silver K4 1000m 2005 Poznan, Poland 2:51.015
• Bronze K4 500m 2005 Poznan, Poland 1:22.353
• Bronze K4 200m 2001 Milan, Italy 0:31.301

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)

External links

• Marian Baban at Olympedia (archive)
• Marian Baban at Olympics.com
• Marian Baban at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (archive)