Mircea Dobrescu (5 September 1930 – 6 August 2015) was a flyweight
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from Romania. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1956, losing to
Terence Spinks
Terence "Terry" George Spinks MBE (28 February 1938 – 26 April 2012) was a boxer from Great Britain, who won the gold medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. In the fina ...
on points.
[Mircea Dobrescu]
sports-reference.com He won two more silver medals at the European championships in 1955 and 1957.
Dobrescu took up boxing in 1948 and retired in 1982 after winning six national flyweight titles, the one from 1953 against his brother Constantin.
He inherited
glaucoma
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from his mother, which resulted in blindness during his last years.
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1956 Olympic results
Below are Mircea Dobrescu's results from the flyweight division at the 1956 Olympic boxing tournament in Melbourne:
* Round of 16: defeated Federico Bonus (Philippines) on points
* Quarterfinal: defeated Ray Perez (USA) on points
* Semifinal: defeated John Caldwell (Ireland) on points
* Final: lost to Terence Spinks
Terence "Terry" George Spinks MBE (28 February 1938 – 26 April 2012) was a boxer from Great Britain, who won the gold medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. In the fina ...
(Great Britain) on points (was awarded silver medal)
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1952 Romanian National Championships
1930 births
2015 deaths
Flyweight boxers
Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Romania
Olympic silver medalists for Romania
Olympic medalists in boxing
Romanian male boxers
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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