Ionela Cozmiuc lived a memorable summer, the one that marked the end of her career in performance sports. At the age of 29, she first won silver at the Olympic Games in Paris, alongside Gianina van Groningen (29). After which he found the necessary resources to go to the World Championships in St. Catharines (Canada), where he won gold on his own.
Ion Șiriac. PHOTO: The Truth Archive
Therefore, Romanian rowing proved, once again, that it has a high-class school, in the conditions in which it produces elite athletes on the track.
Returning to Ionela Cozmiuc, her results this summer impressed Ion Țiriac (85 years old). Who, first, offered the sportswoman an electric car for the Olympic silver, after which she asked to bring the car back, offering her a better one, for the gold medalists at the 2024 Olympics. In dialogue with gsp.ro, Ion Țiriac explained the reason that led him to make this beautiful exception in the case of Ionela Cozmiuc.
What did Ion Țiriac say?
*He won his silver medal and took the silver medal car. Given that an Olympian finishes today and tomorrow morning takes the plane, goes to Canada and three days later wins a world title… I spoke with our boss, Mrs. Elisabeta (no – Elisabeta Lipă, head of the National Sports Agency) and I said: “Lord, let’s do something, let’s give him something more than the silver.” And then we gave the big car, the golden one, which we had to make them and also write world champion and Olympic vice-champion.
