Corneliu Ion
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Born | 27 June 1951 (1951-06-27) (age 73) Focșani, Romania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Pistol shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 25 meter rapid fire pistol 10 m air pistol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSA Steaua București[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Gheorghe Corbescu[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Corneliu Ion (born 27 June 1951) is a Romanian retired shooter who specialized in the 25 meter rapid fire pistol event. He competed at the 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1980 and a silver in 1984, placing fifth in 1976.[1] In 1984 he served as the flag bearer for Romania at the opening ceremony.[3] In 1975 he set a team world record at 2370 points and in 1977 equaled the individual world record at 598 points.[2]
Ion graduated from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and from the International School of Shooting Trainers in Wiesbaden in 1989. He took up shooting in 1969 at CSA Steaua București and later worked as a coach there for 12 years, becoming head of the shooting section in 1989. His trainees include Iulian Raicea and Sorin Babii. In parallel, between 1990 and 2001 he served as president of the Romanian Shooting Federation.[4] He was also a member of the Romanian Olympic Committee.[2]
References
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External links
- Corneliu Ion at Olympics.com
- Corneliu Ion at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (English translation)
- Corneliu Ion at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1896:
Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE)
- 1900:
Maurice Larrouy (FRA)
- 1912:
Alfred Lane (USA)
- 1920:
Guilherme Paraense (BRA)
- 1924:
Henry Bailey (USA)
- 1932:
Renzo Morigi (ITA)
- 1936:
Cornelius van Oyen (GER)
- 1948:
Károly Takács (HUN)
- 1952:
Károly Takács (HUN)
- 1956:
Ștefan Petrescu (ROU)
- 1960:
William McMillan (USA)
- 1964:
Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)
- 1968:
Józef Zapędzki (POL)
- 1972:
Józef Zapędzki (POL)
- 1976:
Norbert Klaar (GDR)
- 1980:
Corneliu Ion (ROM)
- 1984:
Takeo Kamachi (JPN)
- 1988:
Afanasijs Kuzmins (URS)
- 1992:
Ralf Schumann (GER)
- 1996:
Ralf Schumann (GER)
- 2000:
Sergei Alifirenko (RUS)
- 2004:
Ralf Schumann (GER)
- 2008:
Oleksandr Petriv (UKR)
- 2012:
Leuris Pupo (CUB)
- 2016:
Christian Reitz (GER)
- 2020:
Jean Quiquampoix (FRA)
- 2024:
Li Yuehong (CHN)