Constantin Alexandru (15 December 1953 – 10 August 2014) was a light-flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

who won a silver medal at the 1980 Olympics. He was the world champion in 1978 and 1979 and European champion in 1974–1975 and 1977–1979. Alexandru took up wrestling at Farul Constanţa, but then moved to

CSA Steaua București Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence. It is one of the most successful clubs in Roma ...

, where he later worked as a coach. He also trained the national team and served as an international referee.

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* * 1953 births Olympic wrestlers of Romania Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Romanian male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in wrestling 2014 deaths Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Champions Universiade medalists in wrestling Universiade gold medalists for Romania European Wrestling Champions World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade {{Romania-wrestling-bio-stub