Constantin Niculae

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Constantin Niculae (born April 1, 1955 in Ulieşti , Dâmbovița district ) is a former Romanian judoka . In 1981 he was vice world champion and European champion in the half-light weight category, up to 65 kilograms.

Athletic career

The 1.73 m tall Constantin Niculae took fifth place at the 1979 World Championships . After losing to Nikolai Soloduchin from the Soviet Union in the semi-finals , he was also defeated in the battle for bronze against Janusz Pawłowski from Poland . At the European Championships in 1980 Niculae won a bronze medal. Two and a half months after the European Championships, the 1980 Olympic Games took place in Moscow . Niculae was defeated in his first fight by the Brazilian Luis Onmura by a coca rating and was eliminated.

1981 Niculae won the final of the European Championships in Debrecen against the French Thierry Rey . At the 1981 World Championships in Maastricht Niculae defeated the Brazilian Mario Tsutsui in the round of 16 and the Dutch Hans Hoogendijk in the quarter-finals . In the semifinals he beat Pyotr Ponomarow from the Soviet Union. After his final defeat against the Japanese Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki , Niculae received the silver medal. In 1982 he finished seventh at the European Championships in Rostock. The following year he lost at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow in the round of 16 against Janusz Pawłowski. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles Niculae defeated the Mexican Gerardo Padilla by referee decision and in the round of 16 Bienvenu Mbida from Zaire by Ippon. In the quarterfinals he was defeated by the Japanese Yoshiyuki Matsuoka after 2:16 minutes. After losing to Britain’s Stephen Gawthorpe in the Hope Round, Niculae finished seventh.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 728
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 952f
personal data
SURNAME Niculae, Constantin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulieşti , Dâmbovița County