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Aurel Vernescu
Personal information
Born	23 January 1939; Bucharest, Romania
Died	1 December 2008 (aged 69); Bucharest, Romania
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Dinamo București
Medal record
Representing Romania
Olympic Games
World Championships

Aurel Vernescu (23 January 1939 – 1 December 2008) was a Romanian sprint kayaker. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won three medals with a silver in 1972 in the K-4 1000 m and two bronze medals in 1964 in the K-1 1000 m and K-4 1000 m events. He served as a flag bearer for Romania at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics.^[1]^[2]

Vernescu also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 500 m: 1963, 1966; K-1 4×500 m: 1963, K-2 500 m: 1966), five silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1963, K-1 4×500 m: 1970, 1971, K-2 500 m: 1966, 1970; K-2 1000 m: 1966), and one bronze (K-1 4×500 m: 1966).^[1]

Vernescu took up kayaking aged 13 and in total won 42 national titles. He retired from competitions in 1972 to become a kayaking coach and administrator.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aurel Vernescu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Romania". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016.
^ Aurel Vernescu. Romanian Olympic Committee