Denis Vieru

Denis Vieru (born 10 March 1996) is a Moldovan judoka who competes in the men's half-lightweight (66 kg) category. He first rose to prominence after winning a gold medal at the European U-23 Judo Championships in 2016, the first Moldovan to do so since Marcel Trudov in 2005.[2] Vieru won medals at a number of IJF Grand Prix and Grand Slam events in 2019, including Moldova's first Judo Grand Prix gold medal at the Antalya Grand Prix,[3] another gold at the Baku Grand Slam, and defeated 2016 European champion Vazha Margvelashvili to win gold at the Grand Slam Paris.[4] He also defeated Ranto Katsura of Japan to win a gold medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, where he was the flag bearer for the Moldovan delegation in the opening ceremony,[5] and won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships.[6] As of February 2020, he was ranked third in the world in the men's half-lightweight category.

Denis Vieru
Personal information
NationalityMoldovan
Born (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996
Chișinău, Moldova[1]
Sport
CountryMoldova
SportJudo
Event(s)–66 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Moldova
Universiade
2019 Naples–66 kg
World Championships
2019 Tokyo–66 kg

References
  1. Фанфары в честь наших героев: дзюдоисты вернулись домой. (in Russian). Accent TV Moldova via Youtube. Published 10 July 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. Denis Vieru – Aur la europenele de Judo U 23 (in Romanian). Olympic Committee of Moldova. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. VIDEO - Denis Vieru makes history for Moldova. Eurosport. Published 5 April 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. Victory for Moldova: Judoka Denis Vieru captured gold medal in -66kg Baku Grand Slam. Publika TV. Published 11 May 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. Denis Vieru awarded gold at the Universiade. Published 8 July 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. "2019 World Judo Championships –66 kg results". judolive01.lb.judobase.org. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
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