Radu Ileana
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Radu Simion Ileană with 49-year-old Avram Iancu and escort boat pilot Ulise Galu before the Triple Crown of River Stage Swims before the 530 km stage swim from the North Sea to the Black Sea in continental Europe along the Rhine River, Main River, and Danube River in July 2025
Radu Simion Ileană is a Romanian support crew member, swimming instructor, and observer from Alba Iulia.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- He served as an observer for Avram Iancu with escort boat pilot Ulise Galu in a 556 km 40-day stage swim along the Main River and the Danube Canal in July and August 2025 to complete the Triple Crown of River Stage Swims
- Avram Iancu's Triple Crown of River Stage Swims included a 89-day 2,860 km stage swim in 2017 in the Danube River, a 48-day 1,032 km stage swim in 2023 in the Rhine River, and a 40-day 556 km stage swim in the Main River and Danube Canal where he covered 4,448 km in a total of 177 days from the North Sea to the Black Sea through continental Europe.
- He assisted and documented Avram Iancu's Swim for Schengen, Swim for Romania, a 48-day 1,032 km stage swim down the Rhine River from kilometer 0 in Konstanz to the Rhine River's mouth in the North Sea in 48 days in 2023.
- On 28 August 2024, he served an the expedition leader of Iancu Avram's two-way crossing of the English Channel with escort pilots Lance Oram and Tanya Harding in a 67 km crossing organized by Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation with a support team including Flavia Iancu, Andrei Dumitru, Constantin Maria, and Adrian Pascu.
External links
- After 40 Days and 40 Nights, Avram Iancu Completes His Triple Crown of River Stage Swims Across Europe
- Avram Iancu, 10 Years across Boundaries in the Open Water, is en route on a Two-way Crossing of the English Channel
- Avram Serves As An Ambassador Along His Triple Crown of River Stage Swims
- Avram Iancu Begins Triple Crown of River Stage Swims
- Avram Iancu Set to Culminate the Triple Crown of River Stage Swims
- Avram Iancu Completed 1,032 km Swim for Schengen, Swim for Romania along the Rhine with a Heartfelt Mission
