title: Marian Baban
text: # Marian Baban
  
  Marian Baban (born 8 January 1976) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-2000s. He won three silver medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one in the K-4 200 m (2003) and two in the K-4 500 m (2001, 2003).
  
  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.
  
  ## 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
  