Vasile Panait

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameVasile•Panait
Used nameVasile•Panait
Born1 July 1919
AffiliationsCS Progresul Sinaia — Sinaia, PrahovaROU
NOCRomaniaROU

Biography

Vasile Panait of the Progresul Sinaia sporting club was a factory worker in the town of Sinaia located in the Prahova River valley near Romania’s Bucegi Mountains. He was a crew member of the Romania 2 sled that competed in the four-man event at the 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo Olympics, finishing 20th. Panait was a back-to-back Romanian champion with the Progresul Sinaia four-man team in 1953 and 1954.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1956 Winter Olympics Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) ROU Vasile Panait
Four, Men (Olympic) Romania 2 20