Georgian Popescu

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Georgian Popescu boxer
Data
Birth Name Georgian Popescu
Weight class lightweight
nationality RomaniaRomania Romania
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

  1. ↑ Georgian Popescu in the Olympedia.org database (English)
  2. ↑ Georgian Popescu, Adevarul
  3. ↑ European Championships 2006
  4. ↑ European Championships 2010
  5. ↑ European Championships 2008
  6. ↑ European Olympic Qualification 2008
  7. ↑ European Olympic Qualification 2008 (2)
  8. ↑ Olympic Games 2008
  9. ↑ World Cup 2008
personal data
SURNAME Popescu, Georgian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian boxer and Olympic competitor in 2008
DATE OF BIRTH 20th October 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Ploieşti