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He just recently went undefeated at the Montr\u00e9al World Boccia Cup in both the individual and pairs event!<\/p>\n<h3>2015<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian Championships \u2013 Bronze (Individual)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed Montr\u00e9al Americas Team\/Pairs Championships \u2013 Gold (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2016<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian Championships \u2013 Silver (Individual)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed Montr\u00e9al\u00a0World Open \u2013 Silver (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2017<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian Championships \u2013 Silver (Individual) and Gold (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed Montr\u00e9al\u00a0Regional Open Championships \u2013 Gold (Individual &amp; Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed Kansas City\u00a0World Open \u2013 Bronze (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed Bangkok\u00a0World Open \u2013 Bronze (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2019<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Lima Parapan American Games \u2013 Bronze (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed S\u00e3o Paulo America Regional Championships \u2013 Bronze (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed P\u00f3voa World Open \u2013 Gold (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2021<\/h3>\n<div data-node=\"61424e78ba122\">\n<div data-node=\"61424e78ba124\">\n<div>\n<div data-node=\"61424e78ba11f\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>World Boccia S\u00e3o Paulo Americas Regional Championships \u2013 Gold (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2022<\/h3>\n<div data-node=\"61424e78ba122\">\n<div data-node=\"61424e78ba124\">\n<div>\n<div data-node=\"61424e78ba11f\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>World Boccia P\u00f3voa European World Cup \u2013 Bronze (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>World Boccia Rio de Janeiro World Championships \u2013 Bronze (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2023<\/h3>\n<div data-node=\"61424e78ba119\">\n<div data-node=\"61424e78ba11e\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>World Boccia Montr\u00e9al World Cup \u2013 Gold (Individual &amp; Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>World Boccia Santiago Challenger \u2013 Bronze (Individual) and Silver (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>World Boccia Fortaleza Cup \u2013 Silver (Individual)<\/li>\n<li>World Boccia Santiago Parapan Ams \u2013 Bronze (Individual) and Gold (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2024<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>World Boccia Montr\u00e9al Cup \u2013 Silver (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>World Boccia P\u00f3voa Cup \u2013 Gold (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":3,"template":"","class_list":["post-5885","training_squad","type-training_squad","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iulian Ciobanu - Boccia Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iulian Ciobanu - Boccia Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iulian Ciobanu burst on to the boccia scene in 2015, making the national team just one year after taking up the sport. 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