Gheorghiță Ștefan

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Gheorghiță Ștefan (born 17 January 1986, in Bucharest), also known as Ștefan Gheorghiță, is a freestyle wrestler from Romania. He participated in men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He lost the bronze medal fight against Murad Gaidarov of Belorussia. However, after a positive doping test Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan was in November 2016 stripped of the silver medal. Ștefan Gheorghiță, therefore, moved up to a bronze medal position.[1]

Gheorghiță Ștefan
Personal information
NationalityRomanian
Born17 January 1986 (1986-01-17) (age 38)
Bucharest, Romania
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Spouse
(m. 2016)
Sport
ClubRapid; Bucharest
Coached byCornel Zaharia (since 2000)
Aurel Cimpoeru (since 2013)
Anatoli Guidea (since 2015)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 74 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Dortmund 84 kg
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 84 kg

In 2016, he married Romanian judoka Corina Căprioriu.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stefan Gheorghiţă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Judoka Corina Căprioriu s-a căsătorit cu luptătorul Ștefan Gheorghiță" [Judoka Corina Caprioriu married fighter Stefan Gheorghita]. Libertatea.ro (in Romanian). 26 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Nuntă mare în sportul românesc! Judoka Corina Căprioriu s-a căsătorit! Se lasă cu lupte în familie!" [Great wedding in Romanian sport! Judoka Corina Caprioriu married! Let them fight in the family!]. SpyNews.ro (in Romanian). 26 September 2016.
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