Ioan Gherghel
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Ioan Gherghel is an Olympic butterfly swimmer from Romania
. He swam for Romania at three consecutive Olympics: 2000
, 2004
and 2008
.
At the 2000 European Championships, he won his first international medal: a bronze in the 200 butterfly, clocking 1:58.54.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. He swam for Romania at three consecutive Olympics: 2000
Romania at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Romania competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.At the Games, there was some controversy when gymnast Andreea Răducan was stripped of her individual all-around gold medal after testing positive for a stimulant...
, 2004
Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Romania competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.Romania's sports in Greece included rowing, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, boxing and canoeing.- Gold:...
and 2008
Romania at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Romania competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, be held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Romania intended to send 104 competitors to Beijing, although the delegation was reduced to 102 when two Romanian athletes were suspended for doping before the start of the...
.
At the 2000 European Championships, he won his first international medal: a bronze in the 200 butterfly, clocking 1:58.54.