Ionuț Gheorghe

Ionuţ Gheorghe (born 29 February 1984 in Constanţa, Romania)[1] is a boxer from Romania.

Ionuţ Gheorghe
Personal information
Full nameIonuţ Gheorghe
Nationality Romania
Born (1984-02-29) February 29, 1984
Constanţa
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight Welterweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Light Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Plovdiv Light Welterweight
EU Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Dublin Light Welterweight

Career

He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden. In Athens, Greece he won a bronze medal, having been stopped in the semifinals of the Light welterweight (64 kg) division by eventual winner Manus Boonjumnong.

Gheorghe won another bronze medal in the same division two years later, at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Plovdiv where he lost to local Boris Georgiev.

At the 2007 World Championships he was upset by Iranian Morteza Sepahvand but he qualified for the Olympics at the first qualifier.

Olympic results 2004

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ionuţ Gheorghe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-09-19.


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