Anghelache Donescu (born 18 October 1945) is a Romanian
equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
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* Equestrian sports
*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...
and Olympic medalist. He was born in
Bucharest
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. He competed in
dressage at the
1980 Summer Olympics in
Moscow
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, where he won a bronze medal with the Romanian team, along with
Petre Roșca and
Dumitru Velicu. He also placed sixth in individual dressage at the 1980 Olympics.
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1945 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bucharest
Romanian male equestrians
Romanian dressage riders
Olympic equestrians of Romania
Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
Equestrians at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
20th-century Romanian people
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