Gheorghiță Ștefan (also known as Ștefan Gheorghiță, born January 17, 1986, in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

) is a male freestyle wrestler from

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

. He participated in men's freestyle 74 kg at

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. He lost the bronze medal fight against

Murad Gaidarov Murad Gaidarov ( be, Мурад Гайдараў, russian: Мурад Гайдаров; born February 13, 1980, in Khasavyurt, Dagestan), also known as Murad Haidarau, is an Avar Russian - Belarusian wrestler. Gaidarov was disq ...

. However, after a positive doping test

Soslan Tigiev Soslan Tigiev (born October 12, 1983 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian and Uzbekistani wrestler of Ossetian descent who competed in the freestyle 74 kg category. He was the 2006 Asian Games bronze medalist. Tigiev was initially awarded a silver ...

of Uzbekistan was in November 2016 stripped of the silver medal. Ștefan Gheorghiță was therefore moved up to a bronze medal position. In 2016, he married Romanian judoka

Corina Căprioriu Corina Căprioriu (; born 18 July 1986) is a Romanian judoka. She has competed under the name Corina Ștefan since her 2016 marriage to Romanian wrestler Gheorghiță Ștefan. Căprioriu won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She lo ...

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STEFAN Gheorghita (family name: STEFAN, given name: Gheorghita)
at Universiade 2013 1986 births Living people Romanian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Romania Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Universiade medalists in wrestling Universiade gold medalists for Romania European Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Romania-wrestling-bio-stub