Carmen Ionesco (birth name Carmen Ionescu; born July 28, 1951, in Bucharest, Romania) is a retired discus thrower and

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter, who competed for Romania and Canada at the

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. She represented Romania in her first Olympic appearance, at Munich in 1972. Following her emigration to Canada, Ionesco competed for Canada at two Commonwealth Games (1978 and 1982), the 1979 Pan American Games, and the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Her younger sister Florența competed for Romania in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.

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Canadian female discus throwers Canadian female shot putters Romanian female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Olympic athletes for Romania Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes from Bucharest Romanian emigrants to Canada Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) 1951 births Living people Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Canadian Track and Field Championships winners {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub