Vasile Pușcașu
Romanian freestyle wrestler
![]() Pușcașu in 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 2 May 1956 (1956-05-02) (age 68) Bârsăneşti, Bacău County, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Steaua București | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vasile Puşcaşu (born 2 May 1956) is a retired heavyweight freestyle wrestler from Romania. He has competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won two medals: a gold in 1988 and a bronze in 1984. He also won two silver and four bronze medals at the world and European championships between 1977 and 1987.[1][2]
References
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External links
- Vasile Pușcașu at the International Wrestling Database
- Vasile Pușcașu at Olympedia
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- 1904:
Bernhoff Hansen (USA)
- 1908:
Con O'Kelly (GBR)
- 1920:
Robert Roth (SUI)
- 1924:
Harry Steel (USA)
- 1928:
Johan Richthoff (SWE)
- 1932:
Johan Richthoff (SWE)
- 1936:
Kristjan Palusalu (EST)
- 1948:
Gyula Bóbis (HUN)
- 1952:
Arsen Mekokishvili (URS)
- 1956:
Hamit Kaplan (TUR)
- 1960:
Wilfried Dietrich (EUA)
- 1964:
Aleksandr Ivanitsky (URS)
- 1968:
Aleksandr Medved (URS)
- 1972:
Ivan Yarygin (URS)
- 1976:
Ivan Yarygin (URS)
- 1980:
Ilya Mate (URS)
- 1984:
Lou Banach (USA)
- 1988:
Vasile Pușcașu (ROM)
- 1992:
Leri Khabelov (EUN)
- 1996:
Kurt Angle (USA)
- 2000:
Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)
- 2004:
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)
- 2008:
Shirvani Muradov (RUS)
- 2012:
Jake Varner (USA)
- 2016:
Kyle Snyder (USA)
- 2020:
Abdulrashid Sadulaev (ROC)
- 2024:
Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)
- 1904: +71.67 kg
- 1908: +73 kg
- 1920: +82.5 kg
- 1924–1960: +87 kg
- 1964–1968: +97 kg
- 1972–1996: 100 kg
- 2000: 97 kg
- 2004–2012: 96 kg
- 2016–present: 97 kg
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