Ion Bîrlădeanu

Ion Bîrlădeanu
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Bronze 1980 Moscow K-1 1000 m
World Championships
Gold 1979 Duisburg K-2 10000 m
Silver 1978 Belgrade K-2 500 m
Silver 1978 Belgrade K-4 1000 m
Silver 1979 Duisburg K-1 1000 m
Silver 1981 Nottingham K-1 500 m
Silver 1981 Nottingham K-1 1000 m
Bronze 1981 Nottingham K-2 10000 m

Ion Bîrlǎdeanu (born August 1, 1958) is a Romanian sprint kayaker who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

He started to paddle at 18 in Galati, Romania trained by Prof. Gheorghe Galateanu.

Bîrlǎdeanu also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 10000 m: 1979), five silvers (K-1 500 m: 1981, K-1 1000 m: 1979, 1981; K-2 500 m: 1978, K-4 1000 m: 1978), and one bronze (K-2 10000 m: 1981).

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