Gheorghe Negrea
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| Nationality | Romanian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 April 1934 Sibiu, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2000 (aged 65–66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gheorge Negrea (21 April 1934 – 2000) was a boxer from Romania.[1]
He competed for Romania in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the light heavyweight event where he finished in second place. He also competed in the 1960 Olympic boxing tournament in Rome, again in the light heavyweight division. He was defeated in his quarterfinal match by Anthony Madigan of Australia.
1960 Olympic results
[edit]Below are the results of Gheorge Negrea, a light heavyweight boxer from Romania who competed in the 1960 Rome Olympics:
- Round of 32: bye
- Round of 16: defeated George Oywello (Uganda) by decision, 5-0
- Quarterfinal: lost to Anthony Madigan (Australia) by a second-round knockout
References
[edit]- ^ "Gheorghe Negrea primul campion european la box" [Gheorghe Negrea the first boxing European champion] (in Romanian). Cosr.ro. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gheorghe Negrea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-02-03.
- Boxing record for Gheorghe Negrea from BoxRec (registration required)
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- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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