Nicolae Linca
Appearance
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Born | 1 January 1929 Cergăul Mare, Blaj, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 June 2008 (aged 79)[1] Feisa, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dinamo Bucharest[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Constantin Nour.[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicolae Linca (1 January 1929 – 27 June 2008) was a Romanian amateur welterweight boxer. After winning bronze medals at the 1953 and 1955 European championships, he became Romania's first Olympic champion in boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Fighting with a broken finger, he won against Fred Tiedt in a 3:2 split decision. Today, he remains the only Romanian boxer to win gold at the Olympics. His amateur record upon retirement was 281-25. After competing as an amateur, Linca turned to coaching in the sport.[2] By the 1990s he was living in poverty and suffering from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, which led to his deaths at the age of 79.[1] In 2005 he was awarded the Sports Merit Order of First Class.[4]
Highlights
[edit]Event | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
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Welterweight | First | Win | Hector hatch | PTS |
Quarterfinal | Win | Nicholas Andre | PTS | |
Semifinal | Win | Nicholas Gargano | PTS | |
Final | Win | Fred Tiedt | 3-2 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nicolae Linca. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Nicolae Linca. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ "Olimpiada desfăşurată pe două continente" (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Nicolae Linca, marele pugilist al Romaniei, s-a stins din viata" (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 April 2014.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Nicolae Linca from BoxRec (registration required)
- 1949 Romanian National Championships
- 1950 Romanian National Championships
- 1951 Romanian National Championships
- 1952 Romanian National Championships
- 1953 Romanian National Championships
- 1958 Romanian National Championships
- 1960 Romanian National Championships
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2008 deaths
- Olympic boxers for Romania
- Olympic gold medalists for Romania
- Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- People from Blaj
- Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Romanian male boxers
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Welterweight boxers
- Sportspeople from Alba County
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen
- Romanian boxing biography stubs