Petre Dicu

Petre Dicu

Petre Dicu (born May 27, 1954 in Gostavățu , Olt County ) is a former Romanian wrestler . He was winner of the bronze medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Greco-Roman wrestling in heavyweight .

Career

Petre Dicu began wrestling as a teenager at the sports club in Drobeta Turnu Severin . After initial successes at national level, he was delegated to the Dinamo Bucharest sports club due to his talent . His main trainer was Tudor Gaita. He concentrated fully on the Greco-Roman style and, as an adult, was 1.84 meters tall and always wrestled in the light heavyweight division, the weight class that in his day reached up to 90 kg body weight.

He first appeared on the international wrestling stage in 1974 at the European Junior Championships (Espoirs) in Haparanda, Sweden . He finished there in 6th place in the light heavyweight division.

In 1976, as the successor to Nicolae Neguț, he was the first Romanian champion in the senior light heavyweight division and also started at the European Championships that year in Leningrad . He came there after victories over Giuseppe Vitucci from Italy and Istvan Sellyei from Hungary and defeats against Ants Nisu from the Soviet Union and Roman Wrocławski from Poland on the 5th place. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , it has not yet been used.

In 1977 Petre Dicu landed at the European Championships in Bursa after defeats against Olympic champion Csaba Hegedűs from Hungary and Frank Andersson from Sweden in 9th place. At the 1977 World Cup in Gothenburg , however, he scored his first major success with the seniors. He defeated there u. a. the strong wrestlers Wiktor Avdessjew from the Soviet Union, Czesław Kwieciński from Poland and Stojan Nikolow from Bulgaria . He only lost in the final fight against local heroes Frank Andersson and became vice world champion .

He also won a medal at the European Championship in Oslo in 1978 , the bronze one. He even managed to beat the multiple Soviet world champion Igor Kanygin . He suffered defeats against Frank Andersson and the Finn Keijo Manni . At this year's World Cup in Mexico City , he was not quite as successful, although there he also managed to win over an Olympic champion , Csaba Hegedűs from Hungary. After a defeat against Czesław Kwieciński, whom he had beaten several times before, he had to retire early and came in 5th place.

In 1979 Petre Dicu again won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Bucharest . He get there u. a. Victories over Ivan Petrow from Bulgaria, Airapet Minassjan from the USSR and Norbert Növényi from Hungary. He suffered defeats from Georgios Posidis from Greece and Frank Andersson. At the 1979 World Cup in San Diego he won again against Norbert Növényi, but surprisingly lost to Yoshihiro Fujita from Japan and Pedro Pawlidis from West Germany and only achieved 9th place.

At the 1980 European Championships in Prievidza , Petre Dicu won over Stojan Nikolow and Keijo Manni . In the fight against Igor Kanygin there were no scores, so both wrestlers were put off the mat prematurely because of passivity. With that he was burdened with 4 missing points. The subsequent defeat against Frank Andersson therefore brought his elimination and slip to 4th place. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Petre Dicu only met tough opponents, but against whom he fought brilliantly. First he defeated the strong Austrian Franz Pitschmann , then he achieved another sensational point success over Igor Kanygin . In the following fights he also defeated Stojan Nikolow, Thomas Horschel from the GDR and, for the first time in his career, Frank Andersson. Ironically against Norbert Növenyi, the Hungarian surprise man of these games, whom he had already defeated several times before, he lost in Moscow and came in third place behind him and Igor Kanygin, which earned him the Olympic bronze medal .

In 1981 Petre Dicu started at the European Championships in Gothenburg . But he only got one victory over Pal Berger from Norway . Against Alexander Dubrowski from the USSR and Georgios Posidis he lost and came in 9th place.

Petre Dicu also started frequently in the Federal Republic of Germany during his career . Between 1976 and 1980 he took part in the Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg five times . The best place he achieved was a 2nd place in 1980, when he was behind the Soviet athlete Sergei Golubowitsch , but ahead of Czesław Kwieciński and Gennadi Korban from the USSR.

After the European Championship in 1981, Petre Dicu devoted himself more to his studies in economics. His successor in Romania was already ready in Ilie Matei .

In Romania, Petre Dicu received the title customary in the socialist states of the time for his services: "Honored Master of Sport".

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1974	2.	Balkan Games of Juniors in Gorna Oriahovitza	Semi-difficult	behind Mehmet Ayldiz, Turkey , in front of Georgi Petkow, Bulgaria
1974	6th	Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Haparanda	Semi-difficult	Winner: Georgi Petkow in front of Airapet Minassjan , USSR a . Günter Klein , FRG
1976	4th	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	Semi-difficult	behind Valeri Resanzew , USSR, Fred Theobald , FRG a. Czesław Kwieciński , Poland , ahead of Walentin Stanojew, Bulgaria a. Anton Kunkel, FRG
1976	5.	EM in Leningrad	Semi-difficult	with victories over Istvan Sellyei, Hungary a . Giuseppe Vitacci, Italy a . Losses (both wrestlers disqualified) against Ants Nisu , USSR a. Roman Wrocławski , Poland
1977	4th	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	Semi-difficult	behind Vladimir Iwascheschkin u. Valery Resanzew, bde. USSR u. Keijo Manni , Finland , ahead of Pedro Pawlidis , FRG
1977	9.	EM in Bursa	Semi-difficult	after defeats against Csaba Hegedűs , Hungary a. Frank Andersson , Sweden
1977	2.	World Cup in Gothenburg	Semi-difficult	with victories over Aslan Aslan, Turkey, Allan Karing, Denmark , Hashem Kolahi, Iran , Wiktor Avdessjew , USSR u. Stojan Nikolow , Bulgaria, disqualification defeat against Czesław Kwieciński (both wrestlers disqualified) and Lost to Frank Andersson
1978	3.	"Ivan Poddubny" tournament in Moscow	Semi-difficult	behind Viktor Avdessjew a. Tolnow, Bulgaria
1978	4th	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	Semi-difficult	behind Janusz Trela, Poland, Airapet Minassjan u. Darko Nišavić , Yugoslavia, before Czesław Kwieciński u. Stoyan Nikolov
1978	3.	EM in Oslo	Semi-difficult	with victories over Igor Kanygin , USSR, Henri d'Haens, Belgium , Jiri Kacirek, CSSR , disqualification defeat against Czesław Kwieciński (both wrestlers disqualified) and the like. Defeats to Frank Andersson and Keijo Manni
1978	5.	World Cup in Mexico City	Semi-difficult	with victories over Aslan Aslan, Kallos, Canada a . Csaba Hegedűs u. a loss to Czesław Kwieciński
1979	5.	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	Semi-difficult	behind Norbert Növényi , Hungary, Stojan Nikolow, Czesław Kwieciński u. Franz Pitschmann , Austria
1979	3.	EM in Bucharest	Semi-difficult	with victories over Iwan Petrow, Bulgaria, Franz Pitschmann, Airapet Minassjan u. Norbert Növenyi and Defeats against Georgios Posidis , Greece a . Frank Andersson
1979	9.	World Cup in San Diego	Semi-difficult	with a victory over Norbert Növenyi u. Defeats against Yoshihiro Fujita , Japan a . Pedro Pavlidis
1980	2.	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	Semi-difficult	behind Sergei Golubowitsch, USSR and in front of Czesław Kwieciński, Gennadi Korban , USSR, Stojan Nikolow a. Uwe Sachs , FRG
1980	4th	EM in Prievidza	Semi-difficult	with victories over Franz Pitschmann, Stojan Nikolow a. Keijo Manni , disqualification loss against Igor Kanygin (both wrestlers disqualified) and Lost to Frank Andersson
1980	bronze	OS in Moscow	Semi-difficult	with victories over Franz Pitschmann, Igor Kanygin, Stojan Nikolow, Thomas Horschel , GDR a . Frank Andersson et al. a loss to Norbert Növényi
1981	9.	EM in Gothenburg	Semi-difficult	with a victory over Pal Berger, Norway a . Defeats against Alexander Dubrowski , USSR a. Georgios Posidis

Romanian championships

Petre Dicu was Romanian light heavyweight champion in 1976, 1978 and 1981.

Note: all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, light heavyweight, back then up to 90 kg body weight

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• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
• Trade magazines Athletik and Der Ringer ,
• Romanian Wrestling Association website,
• Website "www.sports-reference.com"

Web links

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