Estera Dobre (born February 10, 1987 in
Râmnicu Vâlcea
Râmnicu Vâlcea (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Vîlcea'' or, in the past, ''Rîmnic-Vâlcea'', ) (population: 92,573 as per the 2011 Romanian census) is the county capital ( ro, Reședință de județ) and also the largest town of Vâlcea County, centr ...
) is an amateur Romanian wrestler, who competed in the women's flyweight category. Between 2009 and 2012, Dobre won a total of four silver medals for the 48 and 51 kg classes at the
European Wrestling Championships
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. She was disqualified from the
2013 European Wrestling Championships on a positive doping sample and given a two-year ban. She is also a member of
CSA Steaua Bucuresti, and is coached and trained by Arpad Matefi.
Dobre represented
Romania
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where she competed for the
women's 48 kg class. She received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out to El Salvador's
Íngrid Medrano, with a technical score of 8–12.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
Romanian female sport wrestlers
1987 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Romania
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Râmnicu Vâlcea
Doping cases in wrestling
Romanian sportspeople in doping cases
Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Romania
20th-century Romanian women
21st-century Romanian women
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