Ioan Gherghel

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Ioan Gherghel
Personal information
Full name Ioan Ştefan Gherghel
Nationality  Romania
Born (1978-08-18) August 18, 1978 (age 45)
Baia Mare, Maramureş, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
College team Alabama Crimson Tide (USA)
Coach Jonty Skinner (USA)

Ioan Gherghel (born August 8, 1978 in Baia Mare, Maramureş, Romania)[1] is an Olympic butterfly swimmer from Romania. He swam for Romania at three consecutive Olympics: 2000, 2004 and 2008.[2]

At the 2000 European Championships, he won his first international medal: a bronze in the 200 butterfly, clocking 1:58.54.

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References

  1. (Romanian) Profile of Gherghel on the website of the Romanian Olympic & Sport Committee; retrieved 2011-08-02.
  2. sports-reference Gherghel's entry from www.sports-reference.com