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Vasile Andrei

Vasile Andrei

Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler

Vasile Andrei (born 28 July 1955) is a retired heavyweight wrestler from Romania. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1980 and a gold medal in 1984. At the 1984 Olympics he also placed sixth in freestyle wrestling,[2] and in 1980 and 1988 served as flag bearer for Romania at the opening ceremony.[3] At the world and European championships he won six medals in Greco-Roman wrestling between 1979 and 1987.[4]

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Andrei took up wrestling at Progresul Bucuresti coached by Dumitru Pârvulescu and later moved to Steaua București. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach, and in 2000 trained the Tunisian national team.[1]

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  1. [1]
    Vasile Andrei. Romanian Olympic Committee
  2. [2]
    "Profile: Vasile Andrei". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  3. [3]
    Romania. sports-reference.com
  4. [4]
    Andrei, Vasile (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de


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