Adrian Croitoru

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Adrian Croitoru (born February 24, 1971 in Tudora , Botoșani district ) is a former Romanian judoka and later judo trainer. He was European champion in 2000 and third in the world championship twice.

Athletic career

The 1.83 m tall Adrian Croitoru competed in the middleweight division, the weight class up to 86 kilograms (from 1998 to 90 kilograms).

In 1990 he was third in the Junior World Championships. In 1991, after a semi-final defeat against the German Axel Lobenstein, he won the battle for bronze against the British Densign White at the European Championships in Prague. Half a year later he won the European Junior Championships. At the 1992 European Championships in Paris, he defeated the Swiss Daniel Kistler in the semifinals , and in the final he was defeated by the French Pascal Tayot . Two and a half months after the European Championships, the 1992 Olympic Games took place in Barcelona . In his first fight, Croitoru defeated Joseph Wanag from the United States after 3:22 minutes , in the second round he was defeated by Pascal Tayot. In the hope round he defeated the Hungarian Károly Korbel by referee decision (Yusei-gachi), the Cuban Andrés Franco Ramos by Ippon and the Swiss Daniel Kistler also by Ippon. He lost the battle for bronze against the Canadian Nicolas Gill also through Ippon.

In 1993 Croitoru won the first of his nine Romanian championship titles. He won eight of them by 2001 in the middleweight division, in 1995 he also won the open class. At the European Championships in 1993, Croitoru finished fifth after losing the battle for bronze against the Dutchman Alex Smeets . Five months later at the 1993 World Championships in Hamilton, he lost in the semifinals to Nicolas Gill. Croitoru won the battle for bronze against the Ukrainian Ruslan Maschurenko . In 1994 Croitoru lost to the Russian Oleg Malzew in the semi-finals of the European Championships in Gdansk , and in the battle for bronze he defeated Maschurenko. At the 1995 World Championships , Croitoru finished seventh. In 1996 he won the Paris tournament and finished fifth at the European Championships in The Hague. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Croitoru defeated the Japanese Hidehiko Yoshida through Ippon in his first fight , and he won against Ruslan Maschurenko in the round of 16 through a penalty (Chui) for the Ukrainian. In the quarterfinals, Croitoru won against the French Darcel Yandzi through Ippon , in the semifinals the Uzbek Armen Bagdasarov reached the final through a Yuko rating. Croitoru lost the battle for bronze against the Dutchman Mark Huizinga after 2:14 minutes, Croitoru was thus for the second time after 1992 Olympic fifth.

After two weaker years, Croitoru returned to the top in 1999. At the 1999 World Championships in Birmingham he lost his first fight against the Brazilian Carlos Honorato . With four wins in the round of hope, including against Ruslan Maschurenko, Croitoru reached the battle for bronze and also won this against the Kazakhs Sergei Schakimow . In May 2000, the European Championships took place in Wroclaw . Croitoru defeated the Spaniard Fernando González in the second round , the Belgian Daan De Cooman in the quarter -finals, Rəsul Səlimov from Azerbaijan in the semifinals and Mark Huizinga in the final. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, the reigning European champion defeated José Augusto Geraldino from the Dominican Republic in his first fight by a judge's decision. In the round of 16 he won with Ippon after 1:45 minutes against the Russian Dmitri Morosow . In the quarterfinals he met Mark Huizinga, who advanced with a small score. Croitoru lost his first fight in the hope round against Brian Olson from the United States after 2:12 minutes and ultimately finished tied for ninth place. After the 2001 season, Adrian Croitoru ended his international career as an active player.

Adrian Croitoru worked as a judo trainer after his career. He was the head coach of the Romanian men until shortly before the 2018 World Championships.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 422f
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 756f
  4. ↑ Fight durations according to SportsReference
  5. ^ Adrian Croitoru upset after Romanian federation forced a break (news from August 31, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Croitoru, Adrian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Tudora , Botoșani County