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Dan Cristea (born 2 February 1949) is a Romanian alpine skier. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Career

He began practicing the sport at the age of seven. He participated three times in the Winter Olympics, Grenoble 1968, Sapporo 1972 and Innsbruck 1976. He started in the downhill, giant slalom and slalom events. His best result at the Olympic Games was 25th place in the slalom in Grenoble 1968. At the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz he placed 15th in slalom and 9th in the Alpine combined. After his retirement, Dan Cristea became a coach.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dan Cristea Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
2. "CRISTEA Dan - Athlete Information". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
3. "Cristea, părintele schiului romănesc". jurnalul.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 1 November 2022.

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