Vitalie Grușac
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Vitalie Grușac (born September 11, 1977 in Grimăncăuţi, Briceni district , Moldovan SSR ) is a former Moldovan boxer . Grusac was a bronze medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games and was a participant in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games .
Career
Vitalie Grușac began boxing in 1986 and was trained by Petru Kaduk. He contested 370 fights, of which he was able to win 335.
He was Moldovan light welterweight champion in 1995 and 1996, and Moldovan welterweight champion in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. In his youth he participated in the 1994 Junior World Championships in South Korea and the 1995 European Junior Championships in Hungary .
His greatest achievement was winning a bronze welterweight medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . After victories against Aegawj Tsegasellase, Sherzod Husanov and Bülent Ulusoy , he was eliminated in the semifinals against Serhij Dozenko in third place. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he lost to Kim Jung-joo and at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to Baqyt Särsekbajew .
He was also quarter-finalist of the 2001 World Championships in Belfast and the 2007 World Championships in Chicago , as well as the last sixteen of the 1997 World Championships in Budapest and the 2005 World Championships in Mianyang .
He also took part in the European Championships in Vejle in 1996 , in Minsk in 1998 , in Perm in 2002 , in Pula in 2004 and in Plovdiv in 2006 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ BoxRec profile
- ^ Profile at Olympic.org
- ↑ Boxing Federation appoints 2008 winners
- ^ Moldavian championships in amateur boxing
- ↑ Junior World Championships 1994
- ↑ Junior European Championships 1995
- ↑ 2000 Olympic Games
- ↑ 2004 Olympic Games
- ↑ Olympic Games 2008
- ↑ World Championships 2001
- ↑ World Championships 2007
- ↑ World Championships 1997
- ↑ World Championships 2005
- ↑ European Championships 1996
- ↑ European Championships 1998
- ↑ European Championships 2002
- ↑ European Championships 2004
- ↑ European Championships 2006
Web links
- Vitalie Grușac in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Grușac, Vitalie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grushak, Vitali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moldovan boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grimăncăuţi, Briceni district, Moldovan SSR |