Alexandru Chiculiță (born 3 February 1961) is a retired Romanian

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fencer. He competed at the

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and

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and won a team bronze medal in 1984. After retiring from competitions he worked as a fencing coach, and currently trains the sabre team of

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Career

Chiculiță started fencing at age ten at CS Progresul Bucharest. In 1981, he won a team bronze medal at the

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held in his home town. The same year, he transferred to CSA Steaua. At the

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, he competed only in the team event. Romania was defeated by France in the final and met West Germany in the match for the third place. Chiculiță entered the last leg with 7 all and defeated Freddy Scholz 5–1 to give Romania the bronze medal. Chiculiță was also part of the Romania team which competed in the

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. They were again defeated in the semi-final, and were stopped by France in the match for the third place. Chiculiță also placed fourth with Romania in the

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, after a defeat against Germany in the match for the third place. In 1996 Chiculiță retired as an athlete and became a coach at BNR Bucharest, where he trained future Olympic champion

Mihai Covaliu Mihai Claudiu Covaliu (born 5 November 1977 in Brașov) is a Romanian retired sabre fencer, Olympic champion in 2000 and world champion in 2005, and coach of the Romanian men's sabre team. He is also ex-president of the Romanian Fencing Federat ...

. When BNR closed in 2002, he transferred with his star student to the newly reopened fencing section of

, of which he is still a member as of 2014. He also coached the men's national sabre team, before leaving this responsibility on Covaliu and taking charge of the women's national sabre team. Under his coaching, Bianca Pascu qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiculita, Alexandru 1961 births Living people Romanian male fencers Romanian sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Romania Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers from Bucharest Romanian fencing coaches