Valeriu Bularca
Valeriu Bularca (born February 14, 1931 in Întorsura Buzăului ; † February 7, 2017 ) was a Romanian wrestler.
Career
Valeriu Bularca grew up in Măieruș near Brașov . As a teenager he began an apprenticeship as a locksmith in a steelworks and also began wrestling in the factory's sports club. He later moved to Steagul Roşu Braşov and developed under coach Horvath to a Romanian and European top wrestler in the Greco-Roman style. In the further course of his career he worked for the sports organizations "Energia" and "Progresul". In 1958, he replaced Marin Belușica, who had been leading in his weight class, at the Romanian championships . From this point on he was also released from his employer for the purpose of training, as was customary in the Eastern Bloc at that time. Before he was allowed to start at the World Championships for the first time in 1958, he had competed in international comparative matches in 1956 and 1957 with against Sekal, Czechoslovakia , Immanen, Finland , Stevan Horvat , Yugoslavia , Kamel Hussein, Egypt , Heribert Hofmann , FRG , Roland Carlsson and Bertil Nyström, Sweden , proven. His greatest successes were the 1961 world championship and the silver medal at the 1964 Olympic Games . He was also a multiple Balkan champion. After finishing his career as an active wrestler, he became a coach.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Gr = Greco-Roman style, Le = lightweight, We = welterweight, back then up to 70 kg or 73 kg body weight)
- 1958, 3rd place , intern. Tournament in Split , GR We, with victories over Gyula Tarr , Hungary , Günther Maritschnigg , FRG , draw against Mithat Bayrak , Turkey , Kiril Petkow, Bulgaria and one defeat against Jaan Roots , USSR ;
- 1958, 3rd place , World Cup in Budapest , GR, We, with victories over Olavi Niemi, Finland , Werner Hoppe , Saarland , Bjarne Ansbøl , Denmark , Jan Kuczynski, Poland , a draw against Kâzım Ayvaz , Turkey and a defeat against Grigori Gamarnik , USSR;
- 1960, 15th place , OS in Rome , GR, We, with victory over Karl Oonsen , Belgium , a draw against Petkow and a loss against Ansbøl;
- 1961, 1st place , World Championship in Yokohama , GR, We, with victories over Ziya Dogan, Turkey, Mohammad Arabi, Iran , Alfred Tischendorf , GDR , Mahmoud Ibrahim, Egypt, Stevan Horvat, Yugoslavia , and a draw against Jaan Roots;
- 1962, 14th place , World Cup in Toledo / USA , GR, Le, with a draw against Kyösti Lehtonen , Finland, Stevan Horvat and a defeat against Guro Gusew, Bulgaria;
- 1964, silver medal , OS in Tokyo , Gr, Le, with victories over James Burke , USA , Kim Ik-Jong , South Korea, Rune Johnsson , Sweden, Dawit Gwanzeladze , USSR and a tie against Eero Tapio , Finland, Tokuaki Fujita , Japan and Kâzım Ayvaz;
- 1965, 7th place , World Championships in Tampere , GR, Le, with victory against Josef Brötzner, Austria , a draw against Muneji Munemura, Japan and a defeat against Zozsef Deli, Hungary
Romanian master
Valeriu Bularca was six times Romanian champion in the Greco-Roman style welterweight between 1957 and 1964.
swell
- Various issues of the specialist magazine " Athletik " from 1958 to 1966,
- Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976
Web links
- Profile of Valeriu Bularca at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Valeriu Bularca in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bularca, Valeriu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Întorsura Buzăului |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 2017 |