Corneliu Ion (born 27 June 1951) is a Romanian retired shooter who specialized in the

25 meter rapid fire pistol 25 meter rapid fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events and is shot with .22 LR pistols. The event has been a part of the Olympic program ever since the beginning in 1896, although its rules changed greatly before World War II, after which ...

event. He competed at the 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1980 and a silver in 1984, placing fifth in 1976. In 1984 he served as the flag bearer for Romania at the opening ceremony. In 1975 he set a team world record at 2370 points and in 1977 equaled the individual world record at 598 points. Ion graduated from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and from the International School of Shooting Trainers in Wiesbaden in 1989. He took up shooting in 1969 at CSA Steaua București and later worked as a coach there for 12 years, becoming head of the shooting section in 1989. His trainees include

Iulian Raicea Iulian Raicea (born 4 March 1973) is a Romanian sport shooter who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summ ...

and

Sorin Babii Sorin Babii (born 14 November 1963) is a retired pistol shooter from Romania. He competed in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m free pistol events at six consecutive Olympics between 1984 and 2004 and won a gold medal in 1988 and a bronze in 1992. Ba ...

. In parallel, between 1990 and 2001 he served as president of the Romanian Shooting Federation. He was also a member of the Romanian Olympic Committee.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ion, Corneliu 1951 births Living people Romanian male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters of Romania Olympic gold medalists for Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Focșani