Ioan Ştefan Gherghel (born August 8, 1978 in
Baia Mare
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Maramureş, Romania) is an Olympic
butterfly
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swimmer
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from
Romania
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. He swam for Romania at three consecutive Olympics:
2000
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2004
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Events January
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and
2008
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sports-reference Gherghel's entry
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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
*http://espn.go.com/oly/summer08/fanguide/athlete?id=16429
*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 of 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
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