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 Andrei at the 1980 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 July 1955 Albeşti, Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Progresul Bucuresti Steaua București[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dumitru Pârvulescu Gheorghe Suteu[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vasile Andrei (born 28 July 1955) is a retired heavyweight wrestler from Romania. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1980 and a gold medal in 1984. At the 1984 Olympics he also placed sixth in freestyle wrestling,[2] and in 1980 and 1988 served as flag bearer for Romania at the opening ceremony.[3] At the world and European championships he won six medals in Greco-Roman wrestling between 1979 and 1987.[4]
Andrei took up wrestling at Progresul Bucuresti coached by Dumitru Pârvulescu and later moved to Steaua București. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach, and in 2000 trained the Tunisian national team.[1]
References
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- 1 2 3 Vasile Andrei Archived 2016-10-20 at the Wayback Machine. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ↑ "Profile: Vasile Andrei". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ↑ Romania. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Andrei, Vasile (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de
External links
[edit]- Vasile Andrei at the International Wrestling Database
- Vasile Andrei at the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in Romanian)
- Vasile Andrei at Olympedia
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