Marian Baban
Marian Baban is a Romanian sprint kayaker who competed in the early to mid-2000s. He won three silver medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, one in the K-4 200 m in 2003 and two in the K-4 500 m in 2001 and 2003.
Competing in the men's K-4 500 m event, Baban won a silver medal at the 2006 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Račice and a bronze medal at the 2005 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Poznań.
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.