C-4, men, 200 m

What to remember

This canoe sprint world best goes back to 1997: in Duisburg, Germany, the Romanian C-4 of Robert Vinturis, Ionel Averian, Marian Ciucu and Cristian Mardale covered 200 m in 32.753 s.

Ionel Averian, born in Hârșova, competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships: two golds (C-4 500 m in 2001 and 2002), four silvers and four bronzes, including the C-4 200 m in 1999 and 2002, the distance of this world best time.

The ICF only acknowledges times set in finals of major championships or of other events of an acceptable technical level.