Ioan Chirilă

Ioan Chirilă
Born(1925-10-25)25 October 1925
Izmail, Kingdom of Romania
Died21 November 1999(1999-11-21) (aged 74)
Bucharest, Romania
NicknameNea Vanea
OccupationSports journalist
Years active1951–1999
Spouse
Iarina Demian
(m. 1963)
ChildrenIonuț Chirilă, Tudor Chirilă

Ioan Chirilă (25 October 1925 – 21 November 1999) was a Romanian sports broadcaster and sports writer. The Ioan Chirilă Awards are named in his honour. He was married to actress Iarina Demian with whom he had two sons: Ionuț who is a football coach and Tudor who is a singer.