- Ionel Averian
Ionel Averian (born 2 October 1976 in
Hârşova ,
Constanţa) is a Romanian flatwater canoer who was twice world champion.In his brief but highly successful international career Averian won no fewer than twenty major medals between 1998-2002. These included eight world championship medals as a member of Romania's four-man Canadian canoe (C4) team. He also won two world championship medals in the C2 200m sprint with partner
Mihail Vartolomei .He also won a total of ten European championship medals, the highlight being the C2 200m gold medal (again with Vartolomei) in
Milan in 2001.World Championship medals
* Gold - 2002 C4 500m
Seville , Spain
* Gold - 2001 C4 500mPoznań , Poland* Silver - 2001 C2 200m Poznań, Poland
* Silver - 1999 C4 500m Milan, Italy
* Silver - 1999 C4 1000m Milan, Italy
* Silver - 1998 C4 500mSzeged , Hungary* Bronze - 2002 C2 200m Seville, Spain
* Bronze - 2002 C4 200m Seville, Spain
* Bronze - 2001 C4 1000m Poznań, Poland
* Bronze - 1999 C4 200m Milan, ItalyExternal links
* [http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/5360/ionelaverian5vr.jpgPhoto 1]
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