Ion Bîrlădeanu

Ion Bîrlădeanu

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1980 Moscow	K-1 1000 m
World Championships
	1979 Duisburg	K-2 10000 m
	1978 Belgrade	K-2 500 m
	1978 Belgrade	K-4 1000 m
	1979 Duisburg	K-1 1000 m
	1981 Nottingham	K-1 500 m
	1981 Nottingham	K-1 1000 m
	1981 Nottingham	K-2 10000 m

Ion Bîrlǎdeanu (born August 1, 1958) is a Romanian sprint kayaker who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

He started to paddle at 18 in Galati, Romania trained by Prof. Gheorghe Galateanu.

Bîrlǎdeanu also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 10000 m: 1979), five silvers (K-1 500 m: 1981, K-1 1000 m: 1979, 1981; K-2 500 m: 1978, K-4 1000 m: 1978), and one bronze (K-2 10000 m: 1981).

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile