Nicolae Neguț

Nicolae Neguț (born October 17, 1945 in Bucharest ) is a former Romanian wrestler . He was an Olympian in 1968 and 1972 and third in the 1969 World Cup in Greco-Roman style in middle and light heavyweight.

Career

Nicolae Neguț started wrestling at the Progresul sports club in his hometown of Bucharest . As a junior he entered the Romanian army and became a member of the army sports club Steaua Bucharest . He was trained there by I. Martac. The strong, 1.85 meter tall athlete first competed in the middleweight division and after a weight class reform by the international wrestling association (FILA) in 1969 in the light heavyweight division. He concentrated fully on the Greco-Roman style.

In 1968 Nicolae Neguț became the first Romanian middleweight champion, replacing Gheorghe Popovici , who had dominated this weight class in Romania for over a decade. He made his debut on the international wrestling mat in 1966 with a 4th place in the middleweight division at the Balkan Games in Ljubljana . In 1967 he lost in an international match in Bucharest against Ernst Knoll from the Federal Republic of Germany on points.

In 1968 he took a good 5th place at the European Middleweight Championship in Västerås . He didn't lose a single one of five fights, but drew against Lothar Metz from the GDR , Jiří Kormaník from the CSSR and Hakan Överby from Norway and was therefore eliminated after the 5th round due to too many missing points before the final.

In the same year he also started at the Olympic Games in Mexico City . There he defeated Ernst Knoll and Petar Krumow from Bulgaria and parted with Tevfik Kış from Turkey in a draw. He lost on points against Lothar Metz, who was Olympic champion at this championship , and against the 1960 Olympic champion Branislav Simić from Yugoslavia and thus just missed a medal with 4th place.

Nicolae Neguț was unable to take part in the 1969 European Championship in Modena because the teams from the socialist countries did not compete there because the host country, Italy, refused to fly the flag of the GDR . But he was at the 1969 World Cup in Mar del Plata and won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division with three wins and losses against Alexander Jurkewitsch from the USSR and Venko Zinzarow from Bulgaria.

In the following years he won no more medals at world and European championships and the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . However, he reached at the World Championships in 1971 in Sofia and 1973 in Tehran again excellent 4th places. He failed only because of great talent like Valeri Resanzew and Omar Bliadse from the USSR, Czesław Kwieciński from Poland and Stojan Nikolow from Bulgaria, where he achieved a sensational draw at the Olympic Games in Munich against the then outstanding wrestler Valeri Resanzew in this weight class .

In 1971 he won three times against Kaspar Eham from Bad Reichenhall on an international campaign trip to Romania by the German national relay team . On the return visit of the Romanian national relay in the FRG in 1972 he was defeated by Ernst Knoll on points, triumphed over Max Mitterbichler from Traunstein and was put off the mat together with Günter Kowalewski from Witten because of "passivity".

From 1976 Nicolae Neguț only took part in national wrestling events.

International success

(all competitions in Greco-Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, middleweight, up to 1968 up to 87 kg, light heavyweight, from 1969 up to 90 kg body weight)

year	space	competition	Weight class
1966	4th	Balkan Games in Ljubljana	medium	behind Wenko Zinzarow , Bulgaria , Iscan, Turkey u. Maras, Yugoslavia
1967	4th	Intern. Tournament in Bucharest	medium	behind Gheorghe Popovici , Romania , Ildar Gafarow, USSR a . Sven Olsson, Sweden
1968	3.	"Dan Kolow" tournament in Sevljewo	medium	behind Petar Krumow , Bulgaria a. Jiří Kormaník , CSSR
1968	5.	EM in Västerås	medium	with wins against Franz Winkler, Austria and Moshe Weinberg, Israel and a draw against Lothar Metz , GDR , Jiří Kormaník u. Hakan Överby , Norway
1968	4th	OS in Mexico City	medium	with victories over Ernst Knoll , FRG a . Petar Krumow, a tie against Tevfik Kış , Turkey u. Defeats against Lothar Metz u. Branislav Simić , Yugoslavia
1969	3.	World Cup in Mar del Plata	Semi-difficult	with victories over Elione Francone, Argentina , Hakan Överby u. Etienne Martinetti, Switzerland a . Defeats against Alexander Jurkewitsch , USSR a. Venko Zinzarow, Bulgaria
1970	1.	Intern. Tournament in Split	Semi-difficult	before Lazarow, Bulgaria a. Fodorpataki, Romania
1970	8th.	EM in Berlin (East)	Semi-difficult	with a victory over Fleming Kosakiewitsch, Denmark and a draw against László Sillai , Hungary , Stojan Nikolow , Bulgaria u. Gürbüz Lü, Turkey
1970	6th	World Cup in Edmonton	Semi-difficult	with a win over Kimuchi Tani, Japan , a draw against Wenko Zinzarow u. one loss to Valery Resanzew , USSR
1971	3.	Klippan tournament	Semi-difficult	behind Stojan Nikolow u. Omar Bliadse , USSR, before Lothar Metz
1971	2.	Championship of the Armies of the Social States (SKDA Championship)	Heavy	behind Alexander Jurkewitsch, in front of Jendreczek, GDR
1971	4th	World Cup in Sofia	Semi-difficult	with victories over Hakan Överby u. Bahram Moshtaghi, Iran a . Defeats against Stojan Nikolow u. Josip Čorak , Yugoslavia
1972	5.	EM in Katowice	Semi-difficult	with victories over Svend Erik Studsgaard, Denmark a. Suleyman Akbayir, Turkey, a tie against Darko Nišavić , Yugoslavia u. Defeats against Czesław Kwieciński , Poland a. Omar Bliadse
1972	6th	OS in Munich	Semi-difficult	with a win over Kimuchi Tani, a draw against Hakan Överby and Valeri Resanzew u. a loss to Josip Čorak
1973	7th	EM in Helsinki	Semi-difficult	with victories over Czesław Kwieciński u. Svend Erik Studsgaard u. Defeats against Darko Nišavić u. Valery Resanzew
1973	4th	World Cup in Tehran	Semi-difficult	with victories over Yoshihiro Fujita, Japan a. Darko Nišavić, a draw against Ibrahim Kumes, Turkey a. a loss to Czesław Kwieciński
1973	3.	Universities World Cup in Moscow	Semi-difficult	behind E. Gogligidze, USSR a. Darko Nišavić
1975	4th	Tournament in Galați	Semi-difficult	behind Vladimir Iwascheschkin , USSR, Istvan Sellyei, Hungary a. Fred Theobald , FRG

Romanian championships

Nicolae Neguț was Romanian middleweight champion in 1968 and in 1969 and from 1971 to 1975 Romanian light heavyweight champion, always in the Greco-Roman style.

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• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
• Athletics magazine

Web links

• Profile of Nicolae Neguț at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Nicolae Neguț in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )