Gheorghe Berceanu
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| Born | 28 December 1949 Cârna, Romania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 August 2022 (aged 72) Slatina, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Electroputere Craiova CSA Steaua București[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1972 in Munich and a silver in 1976 in Montreal.[1][3] Berceanu spent most of his career at Steaua București, and later worked there as a coach.[2]
Berceanu died on 30 August 2022, at the age of 72.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Profile: Gheorghe Berceanu". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gheorghe Berceanu. 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.
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