Victor Găureanu
Victor Dan Găureanu, better known as Dan Găureanu (15 November 1967 – 20 May 2017) was a Romanian fencer.
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| Full name | Victor Dan Găureanu | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1967 Coțușca, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 May 2017 (aged 49) Craiova, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach | Alexandru Chiculiță | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | ranking (archive) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He competed in the sabre events at the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics.[1] He won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Fencing Championships after he was defeated by Wiradech Kothny, who eventually won the gold medal.[2] As part of the Romanian team he earned two bronze medals at the World Championships.
He died on 20 May 2017.[3]
References
- "Victor Găureanu Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- "Dan Gaureanu s-a intors cu bronz de la Europenele de scrima". Ziarul de Iași (in Romanian). 26 June 1999.
- "A murit Dan Găureanu!" (in Romanian). Romanian Fencing Federation. 20 May 2017.
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