Vasile Chelaru (13 June 1921 – 1 March 1999) was a Romanian fencer.
Chelaru was born in Șerbești (now Ștefan cel Mare) in Neamț County.
[3] In 1957 he became a coach at Casa Centrală a Armatei, now CSA Steaua București.
Under his guidance, the men's team won Romania's first world title in fencing at the 1967 World Fencing Championships in Montreal, Ion Drîmbă won the gold medal in foil at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the women's team won the world title at the 1969 World Fencing Championships in Havana.
[3] For his accomplishments Chelaru was named "honoured coach" (antrenor emerit) in 1968.