Gheorghiță Ștefan
Romanian freestyle wrestler
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Gheorghiță Ștefan (born 17 January 1986 in Bucharest), also known as Ștefan Gheorghiță, is a freestyle wrestler from Romania. He participated in men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He lost the bronze medal fight against Murad Gaidarov of Belorussia. However, after a positive doping test Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan was in November 2016 stripped of the silver medal. Ștefan Gheorghiță, therefore, moved up to a bronze medal position.[1]
NationalityRomanian
Born17 January 1986 (age 40)
Bucharest, Romania
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
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| Nationality | Romanian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1986 (age 40) Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Rapid; Bucharest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Cornel Zaharia (since 2000) Aurel Cimpoeru (since 2013) Anatoli Guidea (since 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2016, he married Romanian judoka Corina Căprioriu.[2][3]
