COZMIUC Ionela

Olympic Games

Year	Location	L2x
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8

World Championships

Year	Location	L2x
2019	Linz, AUT	4
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	1
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	1
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	13

European Championships

Year	Location	L2x
2021	Varese, ITA	4
2020	Poznan, POL	3
2019	Lucerne, SUI	5
2018	Glasgow, GBR	4
2017	Racice, CZE	4

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Lightweight Double Sculls	2021	Lucerne, SUI	7:02.09
3	Lightweight Double Sculls	2018	Linz, AUT	6:57.02
5	Lightweight Double Sculls	2019	Rotterdam, NED	7:50.45

World Championships Under 23

Year	Location	L2x
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	1

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Ionela-Livia Lehaci

Travelling, dancing, playing cards, socialising with friends. (worldrowing.com, 01 Feb 2019)

Athlete

University of Craiova, Romania

Husband Marius Cozmiuc

English, Romanian

CS Dinamo Bucuresti [Romania]

Antonio Colamonici [national], ITA; Dorin Alupei [national], ROU

Her partner Marius Cozmiuc competed in rowing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and won a silver medal at the world championships in 2018. Her younger brother Florin-Sorin Lehaci represents Romania in rowing, and won a silver medal at the U23 world championships in 2018. (Facebook profile 28 Mar 2019; worldrowing.com, 01 Feb 2019)

She began rowing at age 14. (tedxbacau.ro, 12 Oct 2016)

"I don't think I chose rowing, rowing chose me. I keep rowing because I love this sport." (worldrowing.com, 01 Feb 2019)

To win gold at the Olympic Games. (worldrowing.com, 01 Feb 2019; radioromanul.es, 01 Oct 2018)

She begins training at 07:00 each morning on Lake Sagnov in Romania. Afterwards she goes to the gym where she spends up to an hour training on the exercise bike and weights. (lead.ro, 29 May 2019)

Winning back-to-back world titles in 2017 and 2018. (radioromanul.es, 01 Oct 2018)

Following their gold medal at the world championships in 2018, she and crewmate Gianina Elena Beleaga were named 2018 Athletes of the Year at the Romanian Rowing Federation [FRC] gala awards night. Ionela was also named 2018 Athlete of the Year by the CS Dinamo club in Romania at its annual awards gala. (realitateadesuceava.net, 12 Nov 2018; prosport.ro, 14 Dec 2018)