Nicu Gângă

Nicu Gângă

Nicu Gângă (old spelling Gîngă ) (born March 10, 1953 in Grăniceri ) is a former Romanian wrestler of the Greco-Roman style.

successes

• 1973, 4th place , EM in Helsinki , GR, Fg, behind Jan Michalik , Poland , Todor Todorow , Bulgaria and Valeri Arutjunow , Soviet Union

• 1973, gold , WM in Tehran , GR, Fg, ahead of Jan Michalik, Rahim Aliabadi , Iran a . Vitaly Konstantinov , USSR

• 1974, bronze , EM in Madrid , GR, Fg, behind Petar Kirow , Bulgaria and Valeri Arutjunow and in front of József Doncsecz , Hungary , Heinz Schmidt , GDR and Rolf Krauss , FR Germany

• 1974, bronze , World Championship in Katowice , GR, Fg, behind Petar Kirow, Arutjunow and in front of Lajos Rácz , Hungary

• 1976, 5th place , EM in Leningrad , GR, Fg, behind Kirov, Vladimir Shatunov , Soviet Union, Haralambos Holidis , Greece and Lajos Rácz

• 1976, silver , OS in Montreal , GR, Fg, behind Witali Konstantinow, Soviet Union and in front of Koichiro Hirayama , Japan , Rolf Krauss and Lajos Rácz

• 1977, silver , EM in Bursa , GR, Fg, behind Lajos Rácz and in front of Kamil Fatkulin , Soviet Union

• 1977, gold , World Championship in Gothenburg , GR, Fg, ahead of Kamil Fatkulin, Moradali Shirani , Iran, Lajos Rácz, Haralambos Holidis and Herbert Nigsch , Austria

• 1978, bronze , EM in Sofia , GR, Fg, behind Wachtang Blagidze , Soviet Union and Lajos Rácz

• 1978, silver , World Cup in Mexico City , GR, Fg, behind Blagidze and in front of Haralambos Holidis

• 1979, silver , EM in Bucharest , GR, Fg, behind Robert Nersesjan , Soviet Union and in front of Lajos Rácz and Krum Borissow , Bulgaria

• 1979, 4th place , World Championships in San Diego , GR, Fg, behind Lajos Rácz, Kamil Fatkulin and Toshio Asakura , Japan and in front of Rolf Krauss

• 1980, 5th place , EM in Prievidza , GR, Fg, behind Wachtang Blagidze, Rolf Krauss, Mladen Mladenow , Bulgaria and Antonín Jelínek , Czechoslovakia

• 1980, 4th place , OS in Moscow , GR, Fg, behind Blagidze, Lajos Rácz and Mladen Mladenov and in front of Jelínek

• 1981, silver , World University Championships in Bucharest, GR, Fg, behind Benur Paschajan , Soviet Union and in front of Dae-Du Beng , South Korea

Web links

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