Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu (born February 3, 1990) is an amateur Romanian

Greco-Roman wrestler Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling ( Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mo ...

, who competes in the men's heavyweight category. He won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a member of CS Botoşani for the wrestling division, and is coached and trained by Victor Baciu. Alexuc-Ciurariu represented Romania at the

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in London, where he competed in the men's 96 kg class. He lost the qualifying match to Albanian-born Bulgarian wrestler

Elis Guri Elis Guri (born 6 July 1983) is a Bulgarian Greco-Roman style wrestler of Albanian descent. He was the 2011 World Champion, a two-time bronze medalist of European championships, and a participant in three summer Olympic Games. Professional ca ...

, who was able to score one point each in two straight periods, leaving Alexuc-Ciurariu without a single point. At the

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, he beat

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before losing to

Artur Aleksanyan Artur Aleksanyan ( hy, Արթուր Ալեքսանյան, born 21 October 1991) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is an Olympic Champion (2016) as well as silver medalist (2021) and bronze medalist (2012), a four-time World Champion (2014 ...

in the quarter-final. As Aleksanyan reached the final, Alexuc-Ciurariu was entered into the repechage, where he beat

Daigoro Timoncini Daigoro Timoncini (born 13 December 1985 in Faenza, Ravenna) is an Italian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is also a two-time Olympian, and a six-time Italian national wrestling champion for the heavyweight category. Timoncini qualified for the 96-k ...

in a shut out, before losing in his bronze medal match to

Cenk İldem Cenk İldem (; born January 5, 1986, in Şişli, Istanbul) is a male wrestler from Turkey competing in the 96 kg division of Greco-Roman style. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., where he is coached by his fathe ...

. At the

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, he competed in the 130 kg division. He beat Stepan David and Mantas Knystautas before losing to Rıza Kayaalp. As Kayaalp reached the final, Alexuc-Ciurariu was entered into the repechage. There, he won his bronze medal match against Bálint Lám. In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the

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in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 130 kg event. In 2022, he competed in the 130 kg event at the

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in Budapest, Hungary. He lost his bronze medal match in the 130kg event at the

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held in Zagreb, Croatia.

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