Ion Baciu

Ion Baciu

Ion Baciu (born May 12, 1944 in Tunari , Ilfov County ) is a former Romanian wrestler . He was world champion in 1967 and winner of the silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Greco-Roman style, each in the bantamweight division.

Career

Ion Baciu began wrestling as a teenager. After his great talent was recognized, he was delegated to Rapid Bucharest and later to Steaua Bucharest . He owed his great progress in the Greco-Roman style mainly to the coach Marin Belușica . After the 1965 bantamweight world champion Ion Cernea announced his resignation, Ion Baciu succeeded him as the representative of Romanian bantamweight wrestling.

Ion Baciu won a medal, the bronze, at his first start at an international championship, the 1966 European Championship in Essen . Also at the world championship this year in Toledo / USA he did well with the 5th place. In both championships he wrestled against Fritz Stange from the Federal Republic of Germany , who left both championships as the winner, and tied.

After a disappointing 12th place at the European Championships in Minsk in 1967 , in which he had a very difficult lot, he achieved the greatest triumph of his career at the World Championships that year. In his native Bucharest he became world champion with five wins and one draw . His victory over the Soviet starter Rustem Kasakow is particularly noteworthy .

Ion Baciu was also in excellent shape at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City . He defeated there in the bantamweight u. a. David Hazewinkel from the USA and Christo Traikow from Bulgaria and fought against the eventual Olympic champion in this weight class János Varga . A defeat against the Soviet athlete Ivan Kochergin prevented the already tangible Olympic victory . Ion Baciu had to be content with the silver medal .

In the further course of his career Ion Baciu won a silver medal at the 1970 European Championships in East Berlin and a bronze medal at the 1972 European Championships in Katowice . The 1972 Olympic Games in Munich in the bantamweight division, where Christo Traikow threw him out of the race, he finished in 6th place.

After his time as an active wrestler, during which he served in the Romanian Armed Forces, he trained as a sports teacher, which he completed in 1991.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Ba = Bantamweight, Fe = featherweight, at that time up to 57 kg or 62 kg body weight)

• 1966, 3rd place , EM in Essen , GR, Ba, with victories over Bent Jörgen Lund, Denmark , Risto Björlin , Finland , Viktor Gonda, Hungary a . Eckhard Thorun , GDR , a tie against Fritz Stange , FRG a . a loss to Armais Sajadow , Soviet Union ;
• 1966, 5th place , World Championship in Toledo / USA , GR, Ba, with victories over Risto Björlin, draw against János Varga , Hungary a. Fritz Stange u. a loss to Unver Besergil , Turkey ;
• 1967, 1st place , tournament in Bucharest , GR, Ba, in front of Ion Alionescu u. Marin Cristea, bde. Romania u. Fritz Stange, FRG;
• 1967, 12th place , EM in Minsk , GR, Ba, after defeats against Rustem Kazakow , USSR a. Unver Besergil;
• 1967, 1st place , World Cup in Bucharest, GR, Ba, with victories over Unver Besergil, James Hazewinkel , USA, Arthur Spaenhoven, Belgium , Rustem Kasakow u. Tsutomu Hanahara , Japan et al. a tie against János Varga , Hungary;
• 1967, 1st place , pre-Olympic tournament in Mexico City , GR, Ba, ahead of János Varga u. Christo Traikow , Bulgaria ;
• 1968, 1st place , tournament in Klippan / Sweden , GR, Ba, ahead of Jürgen Penquitt, GDR a. Bujak, Poland;
• 1968, silver medal , OS in Mexico City, GR, Ba, with victories over David Hazewinkel , USA, Christo Traikow, Ibrahim el Sayed, Egypt , Othon Moschidis , Greece a . Kaya Özcan, Turkey, draw against Kōji Sakurama , Japan a. János Varga et al. a loss to Ivan Kochergin , USSR;
• 1969, 8th place , World Championships in Mar del Plata , GR, Ba, with a victory over Christo Traikow, a draw against Rustem Kazakow u. a loss to David Hazewinkel;
• 1970, 1st place , tournament in Split , GR, Fe, in front of Helmut Westpahl, BRD a. Ion Păun , Romania;
• 1970, 2nd place , EM in East Berlin , GR, Ba, with victories over Jürgen Penquitt, Hans-Jürgen Veil , FRG, Andre Gaudinot, France a . Christo Trajkow u. a draw with János Varga;
• 1970, 5th place , World Championships in Edmonton , GR, Ba, with victories over Max Scaiola, Italy , Jean Nakouzi, Lebanon a . Kaya Özcan et al. Draw against Rustem Kazakow u. Risto Björlin;
• 1971, 3rd place , tournament in Klippan / Sweden, GR, Ba, behind Jürgen Radschinski, GDR a. Vladimir Bakulin , USSR;
• 1971, 1st place , tournament in Constanța , GR, Ba, in front of Dumitru, Romania a. Hans-Jürgen Veil,
• 1971, 5th place , World Championship in Sofia , GR, Ba, with victories over Noureddine Meji, Tunisia , David Hazewinkel u. Wolfgang Radmacher , GDR, a tie against Hideo Nanao, Japan a. Defeats against Karlo Covic , Yugoslavia a . Rustem Kazakov;
• 1971, 1st place , Championship of the Armies of the Warsaw Pact States, GR, Ba, ahead of Andre Kimstatsch, USSR a. Laszlo Klinga , Hungary;
• 1972, 3rd place , EM in Katowice , GR, Ba, with victories over Kaya Öczan, Harald Hervig, Norway , Max Scaioli, Risto Björlin u. Jozsef Bolla, Hungary a. a loss to Christo Traikow;
• 1972, 6th place , OS in Munich , GR, Ba, with victories over Rogelio Famatid, Philippines , Ikuei Yamamoto, Japan, Per Lindholm , Sweden a. Karlo Covic öu. a loss to Christo Traikow
• 1973, 3rd place , tournament in Klippan / Sweden, GR, Ba, behind Farchat Mustafin , USSR a. Hans-Jürgen Veil;
• 1973, 1st place , "Wladyslaw-Pytlasinski" tournament in Warsaw, GR, Ba, in front of Christo Traikow u. Dumitru, Romania

International battles

• 1965, GDR against Romania , GR, Ba, draw against Hartmut Puls ,
• 1967, Romania against FRG , GR, Ba, point winner over Franz Temppes ,
• 1968, Romania against FRG, GR, Ba, point winner over Hans-Jürgen Veil ,
• 1971, Romania against FRG, GR, Ba, point winner over Emil Müller ,
• 1971, Romania against FRG, GR, Ba, abandonment winner over Hans-Jürgen Veil,
• 1972, FRG against Romania, GR, Ba, draw against Hans-Jürgen Veil,
• 1972, FRG against Romania, GR, Ba, point defeat against Hans-Jürgen Veil,
• 1972, FRG against Romania, GR, Ba, points winner over Hans-Jürgen Veil

swell

• Athletics magazine from 1966 to 1973,
• DOCUMENTATION of International Wrestling Championships of FILA , 1976,
• 1972 yearbook of the German Wrestling Association , Athletik-Verlag Karlsruhe, 1972,
• Website "www.sport-komplett.de"

Web links

• Profile of Ion Baciu at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
• Ion Baciu in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )