Gheorghe Berceanu
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| Born | 28 December 1949 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 August 2022 (aged 72) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Electroputere Craiova CSA Steaua București[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gheorghe Berceanu (28 December 1949 – 30 August 2022) was a Romanian light-flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the world title in 1969 and 1972, the European title in 1970, 1972, and 1973, and an Olympic gold medal in 1972 in Munich and a silver in 1976 in Montreal.[2] Berceanu spent most of his career at Steaua București, and later worked there as a coach.[1]
Berceanu died on 30 August 2022, at the age of 72.[3]
References
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- 1 2 Gheorghe Berceanu Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ↑ Berceanu, Gheorghe (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ↑ "Doliu în sportul românesc. A murit Gheorghe Berceanu, campion olimpic la lupte greco-romane". DigiSport. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Gheorghe Berceanu at the International Wrestling Database
- Gheorghe Berceanu at the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in Romanian)
- Gheorghe Berceanu at Olympedia
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