Ionuț Panait
Ion Iulian "Ionuț" Panait (born May 5, 1981 in Mizil , Prahova County ) is a Romanian wrestler . In 2008 he was vice European champion in the Greco-Roman style in lightweight.
Career
Ionuț Panait began wrestling as a teenager in 1991. Since joining the police, he has been a member of the Dinamo Bucharest sports club . He is a police officer. He wrestles exclusively in the Greco-Roman style and is trained by Niculae Zamfir. Since 2007 he has been wrestling for SV Germania Weingarten in the German Bundesliga, where he is very successful. Since 2017 Iount Panait has been wrestling for Germania Weingarten in the newly founded German Wrestling League .
As a junior he reached a good 4th place in the Junior World Championships in Maribor in 1997 in the weight class up to 52 kg and at the 1998 European Junior Championships in Tirana in the weight class up to 56 kg and thus narrowly missed a medal win on both occasions .
Although he clearly dominated as a senior in the lightweight class in Romania , the transition to the senior at international championships proved difficult for Ionuț Panait. It took him several years to get good results at these championships. In 2004 he came in 7th place at the European Championships in Haparanda with three wins and one defeat against Frenchman Michael Beyer. However , he did not qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens .
In 2005 he came at the European Championships in Varna after victories over Yuri Kaliaschnew from Belarus and Tiziano Corriga from Italy and a defeat against Jimmy Samuelsson from Sweden on the 8th place.
In 2008 he succeeded in winning the first medal at an international championship at the European Championships in Tampere . He was there with victories over Alexei Dschakonow, Lithuania , Tiziano Corriga a. Plamen Petrow from Bulgaria and a defeat against Armen Wardanjan from the Ukraine Vice European Champion. At the Olympic Games in Beijing , for which he had qualified with this success, he was defeated in his first fight against the Chinese Li Yanyan very narrowly on points (0: 2 rounds with a 3: 3 point tie) and only came in 13th . Space.
At the 2009 European Championships in Vilnius , he defeated the lightweight Juri Weschew from Israel and Ismail Navarro Sanchez from Spain and then lost in the quarter-finals against Damian Zuba from Poland . Since this did not reach the final, Ionuț Panait dropped out and took 8th place.
International success
year | space | competition | Weight class | comment |
1997 | 4th | Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Maribor | up to 52 kg body weight | Winner: Arif Mechtiew, Azerbaijan ahead of Erol Korkmaz, Turkey |
1998 | 4th | Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Tirana | up to 56 kg body weight | behind Nikolai Antonkin, Russia , Laszlo Bona, Hungary u. Arthur Kratz , Germany |
1998 | 27. | Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Cairo | up to 56 kg body weight | Winner: Nikolai Antonkin in front of Vahan Juharjan , Armenia |
2001 | 21st | Junior World Championships in Tashkent | feather | Winner: Fərid Mansurov , Azerbaijan ahead of Valentin Novikow, Russia |
2003 | 15th | EM in Belgrade | Light | after losing to Juha Lappalainen, Finland a . Victory over Hamid Mokhtarzadeh, Sweden |
2003 | 35. | World Cup in Créteil | Light | after defeats against Jannis Zamanduridis , Germany a. Masaki Imuro, Japan |
2004 | 29 | Olympic qualification tournament in Novi Sad | Light | Winner: Nikolai Gergow , Bulgaria ahead of Parviz Zaidvand , Iran a. Ambako Watschadze , Russia |
2004 | 13. | Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent | Light | Winner: Juan Luis Marén , Cuba ahead of Moises Parra Sanchez, Spain a . Kanatbek Begaliew , Kyrgyzstan |
2004 | 7th | EM in Haparanda | Light | with victories over Erkan Ulvan, Turkey, Olavi Suislep, Estonia a . Valdemars Venckaitis , Lithuania a . a loss to Michael Beyer, France |
2005 | 3. | "Lubomir-Ivanovic" -Gedza tournament in Belgrade | Light | behind Julian Kwit , Poland a. Attila Drechsler , Hungary, together with Levente Füredy , Hungary |
2005 | 8th. | EM in Varna | Light | with victories over Yuri Kaliaschnew, Belarus a . Tiziano Corriga, Italy a . a loss to Jimmy Samuelsson , Sweden |
2005 | 20th | Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund | Light | after losing to Juha Hiltunen, Finland |
2005 | 17th | World Cup in Budapest | Light | with a victory over Steeve Guénot , France a. a loss to Armen Vardanyan , Ukraine |
2006 | 12. | EM in Moscow | Light | with a win over Mark Kristensen, Denmark and defeats against Sergei Kowalenko , Russia a. Oleksandr Khvoshch , Ukraine |
2006 | 5. | Golden Grand Prix in Baku | Light | behind Hamid Reihani, Iran, Maxim Semenjew , Russia, Elbrus Mammadow , Azerbaijan u. Damirbek Asilbekuly, Kyrgyzstan |
2006 | 9. | World Cup in Guangzhou / China | Light | with victories over Masaki Imuro u. Alain Milián , Cuba a. a loss to Sergei Kovalenko |
2007 | 2. | Acropolis Grand Prix in Athens | Light | behind Ruslan Belcharojew , Russia, in front of Georgios Boukis, Greece and Ion Pușcașu , Romania |
2007 | 2. | "Ion-Cornianu" memorial in Brașov | Light | behind Tamás Lőrincz , Hungary, in front of Lascha Lomadze, Georgia and Plamen Petrow , Bulgaria |
2007 | 13. | "Nikola Petrov" Memorial in Sofia | Light | Winner: Nikolai Gergow , Bulgaria ahead of Refik Ayvazoglu, Turkey and Ion Puşcaşu |
2008 | 7th | Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely | Light | Winner: Tamás Lőrincz ahead of Fərid Mansurov, Azerbaijan and Şeref Eroğlu , Turkey |
2008 | 2. | EM in Tampere | Light | with victories over Alexei Dschakanow, Lithuania , Tiziano Corriga and Plamen Petrow and one defeat against Armen Wardanyan |
2008 | 3. | Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid | Light | behind Sergei Kowalenko u. Eusebiu Diaconu , Romania, together with Ambako Watschadse |
2008 | 2. | Acropolia Grand Prix in Athens | Light | behind Ruslan Belcharojew, in front of Georgios Boukis and Ion Puşcaşu |
2008 | 13. | OS in Beijing | Light | after losing to Li Yanyan , China |
2009 | 3. | Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely | Light | behind Manuchar Tschchadaia, Georgia and Davor Štefanek , Serbia , together with Aleksandar Maksimović, Serbia |
2009 | 8th. | EM in Vilnius | Light | with victories over Juri Weschew, Israel and Ismail Navarro Sanchez, Spain a. a loss to Damian Zuba , Poland |
2010 | 2. | EM in Baku Azerbaijan | Light | Final defeat against Ambako Watschadze, Russia |
Note: all competitions in Greco-Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, KG = body weight
literature
- Trade journal Der Ringer
Web links
- Profile of Ionuț Panait at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Ionuț Panait in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Ionuț Panait at the COSR (Romanian)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Panait, Ionuț |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Panait, Ion Iulian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 5th 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mizil , Prahova County |