Petru Toarca (born on October 4, 1975, Ozerne, Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast,

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

) 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 55 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 ...

. In the 1/8 final he lost and was eliminated by Besarion Gochashvili from Georgia.

References

Trivia

* Toarca was the oldest wrestler in Men's freestyle 55 kg at

External links

Wrestler bio on beijing2008.com
Living people 1975 births Olympic wrestlers of Romania Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Romanian male sport wrestlers People from Odesa Oblast {{Romania-wrestling-bio-stub