Ioan Ştefan Gherghel (born August 8, 1978 in

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

, Maramureş, Romania) is an Olympic

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Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. He swam for Romania at three consecutive Olympics:

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

.sports-reference Gherghel's entry
from www.sports-reference.com At the 2000 European Championships, he won his first international medal: a bronze in the 200 butterfly, clocking 1:58.54.

International Press

NCAA champion and three-time Olympian Stefan Gherghel joins The Sun Devils team as a coach
* ttp://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20020331/NEWS/203310343 Stefan Gherghel sets UA record and wins NCAA racebr>Stefan Ghergel NCAA Champwatch Stefan Gherghel in Beijing at the Summer Olympics

Videos

Stefan Gherghel and Alex Coci in the "Morning Swim Show"Stefan Gherghel si Razvan Florea on "How to create champions" by Andreea Raducan part IStefan Gherghel si Razvan Florea on "How to create champions" by Andreea Raducan part IIStefan Gherghel si Razvan Florea on "How to create champions" by Andreea Raducan part IIIStefan Gherghel si Razvan Florea on "How to create champions" by Andreea Raducan part IV

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20130922092628/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gh/stefan-gherghel-1.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185948/http://www.mysportrecords.com/userstemp/7dac63de19 *https://web.archive.org/web/20140104233330/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=63461/bio/index.html *http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/ioan-stefan-gherghel 1978 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Romania Sportspeople from Baia Mare Romanian male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Alabama Crimson Tide men's swimmers Expatriate swimmers in the United States 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-swimming-bio-stub