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Birth name | Ionela Livia Lehaci | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Ionela Livia Cozmiuc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Romanian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania | 3 January 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Marius Cozmiuc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ionela Livia Cozmiuc ( née Lehaci; born 3 January 1995) is a Romanian rower. She is a two-times world champion in the women's lightweight double sculls for Romania winning back to back world titles in 2017 and 2018, and taking another title in the lightweight single sculls in 2022. She competed in the women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]
In 2017, she married fellow Olympic rower Marius Cozmiuc. [3]
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Full name: Ionela Livia Lehaci