Nicolae Martinescu
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Born | 24 February 1940 Vişani, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 April 2013 (aged 73) Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dunarea Galati CS Dinamo București[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicolae Martinescu (24 February 1940 – 1 April 2013) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972, placing third in 1968 and fourth in 1964. At the 1976 Olympics he served as the flag bearer for Romania at the opening ceremony.[2] Martinescu won a European title in 1966 and five medals at the world championships between 1963 and 1974.[3] Domestically he collected 18 Romanian national titles between 1961 and 1978.[1]
In 1972, he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.[4] After retiring from competitions he worked at the Romanian Wrestling Federation. Martinescu died aged 73 in Bucharest.
He wife is folk singer Mioara Velicu.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b Nicolae Martinescu. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ Romania. sports-reference.com
- ^ Martinescu, Nicolae (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. pp. 122–124.
- ^ "Profile: Nicolae Martinescu". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ Gabriela Niculescu (October 2010) Mioara Velicu: „Eram băieţoasă şi îi organizam pe toţi“. taifasuri.ro
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- 1908 Richárd Weisz (HUN)
- 1912 Yrjö Saarela (FIN)
- 1920 Adolf Lindfors (FIN)
- 1924 Henri Deglane (FRA)
- 1928 Rudolf Svensson (SWE)
- 1932 Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1936 Kristjan Palusalu (EST)
- 1948 Ahmet Kireççi (TUR)
- 1952 Johannes Kotkas (URS)
- 1956 Anatoly Parfyonov (URS)
- 1960 Ivan Bogdan (URS)
- 1964 István Kozma (HUN)
- 1968 István Kozma (HUN)
- 1972 Nicolae Martinescu (ROM)
- 1976 Nikolay Balboshin (URS)
- 1980 Georgi Raykov (BUL)
- 1984 Vasile Andrei (ROM)
- 1988 Andrzej Wroński (POL)
- 1992 Héctor Milián (CUB)
- 1996 Andrzej Wroński (POL)
- 2000 Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)
- 2004 Karam Gaber (EGY)
- 2008 Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)
- 2012 Ghasem Rezaei (IRI)
- 2016 Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
- 2020 Musa Evloev (ROC)
- 1912–1928: +82.5 kg
- 1932–1960: +87 kg
- 1964–1968: +97 kg
- 1972–1996: 100 kg
- 2000: 97 kg
- 2004–2012: 96 kg
- 2016: 98 kg
- 2020–present: 97 kg
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