Valeriu Bularca (14 February 1931 – 7 February 2017) was a Greco-Roman 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 competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1964. In 1961 he became the first Romanian wrestler to win a world title. Domestically he collected six national titles between 1957 and 1964. After retiring from competitions he worked as a

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

coach at CS Steagu Roșu in Brașov. He died in Brașov on 7 February 2017.

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* 1931 births 2017 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Romania Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Romanian male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from Covasna County {{Romania-wrestling-bio-stub