Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu

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Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu
Personal information
Nationality Romania
Born (1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 (age 31)
Botoşani, Romania
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubCS Botoşani[1]
Coached byVictor Baciu[1]
Medal record
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Bucharest 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kaspiysk 130 kg

Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu (born February 3, 1990) is an amateur Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's heavyweight category.[1][2] He is a member of CS Botoşani for the wrestling division, and is coached and trained by Victor Baciu.[1]

Alexuc-Ciurariu represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 96 kg class. He lost the qualifying match to Albanian-born Bulgarian wrestler Elis Guri, who was able to score one point each in two straight periods, leaving Alexuc-Ciurariu without a single point.[3]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he beat Hamdy El-Said before losing to Artur Aleksanyan in the quarter final.[2] As Aleksanyan reached the final, Alexuc-Ciurariu was entered into the repechage, where he beat Daigoro Timoncini in a shut out, before losing in his bronze medal match to Cenk İldem.[2]

At the 2018 European Championships, he competed in the 130 kg division.[4] He beat Stepan David and Mantas Knystautas before losing to Rıza Kayaalp.[4] As Kayaalp reached the final, Alexuc-Ciurariu was entered into the repechage.[4] There, he won his bronze medal match against Bálint Lám.[4]

In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] He competed in the men's 130 kg event.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Men's 96kg Greco-Roman Qualification". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d "Senior European Championships 2018" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. April 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. ^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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