Josif Chirilă

Josif Chirilă (sometimes listes as Iosif Chirilă, born 5 January 1983) is a Romanian sprint canoer who has competed since 2004. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-4 500 m: 2005, C-4 1000 m: 2007), a silver (C-2 500 m: 2007), and a bronze (C-4 1000 m: 2009).

Josif Chirilă

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 ZagrebC-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2007 DuisburgC-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2015 MilanC-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2007 DuisburgC-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2009 DartmouthC-4 1000 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 BelgradeC-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2012 ZagrebC-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2013 Montemor-o-VelhoC-4 1000 m

Chirilǎ also finished sixth in the C-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

References
  • Canoe09.ca profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 8, 2011)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Iosif Chirilă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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