Ion Hortopan ( in Câmpina – 1980) was a Romanian male former

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

, who competed in the 52 kg category and represented Romania at international competitions. He won the bronze medal in the snatch at the

1973 World Weightlifting Championships The 1973 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from September 15 to September 23, 1973. There were 189 men from 39 nations in the competition. These were the first championships held since the elimination of the clean ...

lifting 100.0 kg. He participated at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

in the 52 kg event.

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* 1941 births 1980 deaths Romanian male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists People from Câmpina Olympic weightlifters for Romania Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Date of death unknown 20th-century Romanian people Sportspeople from Prahova County {{Romania-weightlifting-bio-stub