Vasile Panait

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameVasile•Panait
Used nameVasile•Panait
Born1 July 1919
AffiliationsCS Progresul Sinaia, Sinaia (ROU)
NOC Romania

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