Rudel Obreja (6 August 1965 – 12 March 2023) was a Romanian boxer and businessman. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. Obreja also won four national senior titles, a bronze medal at the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships and a silver medal at the

European Amateur Boxing Championships The European Amateur Boxing Championships is the highest competition for boxing amateurs in Europe, organised by the continent's governing body EUBC, which stands for the ''European Boxing Confederation''. The first edition of the tournament to ...

. He was the president of the Romanian Boxing Federation between 2004 and 2012. In 2007, he was elected vice president of

AIBA The International Boxing Association (IBA), previously known as the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), is an independent sport organization that sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate cha ...

, and was the chief technical officer for amateur boxing at the

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 Beijing. Obreja died on 12 March 2023, at age 57.

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* 1965 births 2023 deaths Romanian male boxers Olympic boxers for Romania Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Welterweight boxers Sportspeople from Galați {{Romania-boxing-bio-stub