Ion Alexe (born 25 July 1946) is a retired heavyweight boxer from

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. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1972, losing to

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by walkover after he was medically disqualified to contest the final. Alexe won the European title in 1969 and placed third in 1973. Domestically he won six Romanian heavyweight titles.

1972 Olympic results

Below are the results of Ion Alexe, a Romanian heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics: * Round of 16: defeated Jozsef Reder (Hungary) on points, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: defeated Jurgen Fanghanel (East Germany) on points, 5-0 * Semifinal: defeated Hasse Thomsen (Sweden) on points, 5-0 * Final: lost to Teofilo Stevenson (Cuba) by walkover (was awarded silver medal)

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1967 Romanian National Championships
Heavyweight boxers Southpaw boxers Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania 1946 births Living people People from Prahova County Olympic medalists in boxing Romanian male boxers Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{Romania-boxing-bio-stub