Dumitru Velicu (26 October 1930 – 1997) was 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) Examples of this are: *Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...

and Olympic medalist. He was born in Râmnicu Vâlcea. He competed in

dressage Dressage ( or ; a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrian sport defined b ...

at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, where he won a bronze medal with the Romanian team, along with

Anghelache Donescu Anghelache Donescu (born 18 October 1945) is a Romanian equestrian and Olympic medalist. He was born in Bucharest. He competed in dressage at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, ...

and Petre Roşca. He placed twelfth in individual dressage at the 1980 Olympics.

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* 1930 births 1997 deaths Sportspeople from Râmnicu Vâlcea 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 {{Romania-equestrian-bio-stub