Maria Nichiforov

Personal information
Born	(1951-04-09)9 April 1951 Mila 23, Romania[1]
Died	24 June 2022(2022-06-24) (aged 71)
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	CS Dinamo București[2]
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1972 Munich K-2 500 m World Championships 1973 Tampere K-4 500 m 1974 Mexico City K-4 500 m 1974 Mexico City K-2 500 m 1975 Belgrade K-1 500 m

Maria Nichiforov (later Mihoreanu, 9 April 1951 – 24 June 2022) was a Romanian canoe sprinter. She won four medals at the world championships with a silver in 1974 and bronzes in 1973, 1974 and 1975. At the 1972 Olympics she won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event and placed sixth in the singles. She is a sister-in-law of the Olympic canoer Maria Ştefan-Mihoreanu.^[1][2]