Ionel Constantin (born 6 May 1963) is a

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who competed in the mid-1980s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m:

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) and a silver (K-4 10000 m:

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). Constantin also finished fourth in the K-4 1000 m event at the

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* * * 1963 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists of Romania Romanian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Romania-canoe-bio-stub