Ioan Gherghel

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{{Infobox Swimmer| | swimmername=Ioan Gherghel | image= | imagesize= | caption = | fullname = Ioan Ştefan Gherghel | nicknames = | nationality =  Romania | strokes = Butterfly | club = | collegeteam = | birthdate = (1978-08-18) August 18, 1978 (age 45) | birthplace = Baia Mare, Maramureş | deathdate = | deathplace = | height = 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | weight = 76 kilograms (168 lb) | medaltemplates=

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;" | World Championships (SC)

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2002 Moscow || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 200m Butterfly

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;" | European Championships (LC)

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Silver medal – second place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2004 Madrid || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 200m Butterfly

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Helsinki 2000 || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 200m Butterfly |} Ioan Gherghel (born August 8, 1978 in Baia Mare, Maramureş) is an international butterfly swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. Three months earlier, at the European LC Championships 2000 in Helsinki, he won his first medal: a bronze one in the 200m Butterfly, clocking 1:58.54.

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