Ionel Averian
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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.
[edit] World Championship medals
- Silver - 2001 C2 200m Poznań, Poland
- Silver - 1999 C4 500m Milan, Italy
- Silver - 1999 C4 1000m Milan, Italy
- Silver - 1998 C4 500m Szeged, Hungary
- Bronze - 2002 C2 200m Seville, Spain
- Bronze - 2002 C4 200m Seville, Spain
- Bronze - 2001 C4 1000m Poznań, Poland
- Bronze - 1999 C4 200m Milan, Italy