Achievements Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at Los Angeles in 1984. Ionescu also won six medals at the International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-2 500 m: 1977) and five bronzes (K-2 500 m: 1978, 1979. K-4 500 m: 1978, 1979, 1983).