Ion Monea (30 November 1940 – 1 March 2011) was a Romanian amateur boxer. He competed as a middleweight in 1960–64 and won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1963 European Championships, placing fifth at the 1964 Olympics. He then moved up to the light-heavyweight division and won three more medals, at the 1967 and 1969 European championships and 1968 Olympics, losing on all three occasions to Danas Pozniakas. He did not fight Pozniakas in 1968 though, as he had a broken nose from his previous bout and withdrew from the Olympic final.[2][3]
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| Born | 30 November 1940 Tohanu Vechi, National Legionary State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 March 2011 (aged 70) Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tanarul Dinamovist Dinamo Bucharest[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Traian Ogrinjeanu Constantin Nour[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Monea was trained by Constantin Nour, whom he called the "most competent and gifted trainer". After retiring from competitions he also worked as a boxing coach at Dinamo Bucharest.[4] His trainees included Daniel Dumitrescu and Rudel Obreja.[1]
1964 Olympic results edit
Below is the record of Ion Monea, a Romanian middleweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics:
- Round of 32: bye
- Round of 16: defeated Kim Deok-pal (South Korea) by decision, 5-0
- Quarterfinal: lost to Emil Schulz (Unified Team of Germany) by decision, 0-5
References edit
- ^ a b c Ion Monea. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ Ion Monea Archived 27 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Boxing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Olimpiada de la Roma 1960" (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 April 2014.
External links edit
- Boxing record for Ion Monea from BoxRec (registration required)
- 1960 Romanian National Championships
- 1961 Romanian National Championships
- 1962 Romanian National Championships
- 1963 Romanian National Championships
- 1964 Romanian National Championships
- 1965 Romanian National Championships
- 1966 Romanian National Championships
- 1967 Romanian National Championships
- 1968 Romanian National Championships
- 1969 Romanian National Championships
- 1971 Romanian National Championships
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