Yonel Leckaie ( rum. Ionel Leţcaie ; July 13, 1961 , Galati ) - Romanian kayaker , played for the Romanian national team in the mid-1980s. Participant in the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, world champion, winner of many regattas of national and international importance.
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| A country |  Romania |
| Specialization | Kayak , 1000 m |
| Date of Birth | July 13, 1961 (58 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Galati , Romania |
| Growth | 187 cm |
| Weight | 80 kg |
Biography
Yonel Leckie was born on July 13, 1961 in the city of Galati .
He achieved his first serious success at the adult international level in 1983, when he was in the main squad of the Romanian national team and attended the World Championships in Finnish Tampere, having won the kayak fours at a kilometer distance. Being one of the leaders of the rowing team of Romania, he successfully qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles - in four at a thousand meters he showed the fourth result in the final, not reaching the prize positions.
After the Olympics, Letskie remained in the main squad of the Romanian national team and continued to take part in major international regattas. So, in 1986, he performed at the world championship in Canadian Montreal, from where he brought the silver dignity award won in the classification of four-seater kayaks at a distance of 10,000 meters - only the crew from the USSR passed it in the final. Soon after the end of these competitions, he decided to end his sports career, losing his place in the national team to young Romanian rowers.
Links
- Yonel Letskaya - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Yonel Letskaya - medals at major international competitions
- Lists of kayaking and canoeing champions and prize winners (1936-2007 )