Ion Draica (born 5 January 1958) is a retired middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He won the world title in 1978, the European title in 1977–1979 and an Olympic gold medal in 1984. Draica spent his entire career with the club Farul Constanţa, and after retiring from competitions became its president. In 2000 he was also appointed as president of Romanian Federation of Wrestling. In parallel he was involved in questionable business activities, which resulted in large debts and divorce with his wife Daniela.

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* 1958 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Romania Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Romanian male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in wrestling FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania European Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade 20th-century Romanian people Sportspeople from Constanța {{Romania-wrestling-bio-stub