Ionuț Panait

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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

personal data
SURNAME Panait, Ionuț
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Panait, Ion Iulian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Mizil , Prahova County