Georgian Popescu
Georgian Popescu ![]() |
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Birth Name | Georgian Popescu |
Weight class | lightweight |
nationality |
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birthday | 20th October 1984 |
place of birth | Ploieşti , Romania |
size | 1.76 m |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 4th |
Victories | 0 |
Defeats | 4th |
draw | 0 |
Profile in the BoxRec database |
Georgian Popescu (born October 20, 1984 in Ploieşti , Romania ) is a former Romanian boxer . He took part in the 2008 Olympic Games as a lightweight .
Career
Georgian Popescu started boxing at the age of twelve. At the European Championships in 2006 in Plovdiv , he was eliminated in the round of 16 against Dmytro Bulenkov. He also failed in the round of 16 at the 2008 European Championships in Liverpool 4: 5 against Wasgen Safarjanz and at the 2010 European Championships in Moscow against Hratschik Jawachjan .
At the first European Olympic qualification tournament in Pescara in 2008 , he defeated Tomas Vaňo and Ognian Koljew before losing to Miklós Varga . He then started at the second European Olympic qualification tournament in Athens , where he secured a starting place for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing with wins against Alexandros Kirsanidis, Ramal Amanov and Krzysztof Szot . At the Olympic Games, he then surprisingly won the lightweight against Sadam Ali and Francisco Vargas , before losing 7:11 to Yordenis Ugás in the quarterfinals .
At the 2008 World Cup in Moscow , he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against José Pedraza .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georgian Popescu in the Olympedia.org database (English)
- ↑ Georgian Popescu, Adevarul
- ↑ European Championships 2006
- ↑ European Championships 2010
- ↑ European Championships 2008
- ↑ European Olympic Qualification 2008
- ↑ European Olympic Qualification 2008 (2)
- ↑ Olympic Games 2008
- ↑ World Cup 2008
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Popescu, Georgian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian boxer and Olympic competitor in 2008 |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th October 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ploieşti |