Nicolai Ceban (
Romanian
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, Nicolae Ceban;
Moldovan Cyrillic
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: Чебан, Николай; born 30 March 1986 in
Talmaza,
Moldavia
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,
Soviet Union
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) is a
Moldova
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freestyle wrestler
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...
. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 96 kg, freestyle 96 kg event, he was knocked out in the first round by Gergely Kiss (wrestler), Gergely Kiss.
He competed in the Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 96 kg, freestyle 96 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Sinivie Boltic in the 1/8 finals, he was eliminated by Giorgi Gogshelidze in the quarterfinals.
Ceban competed in the Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 97 kg, freestyle 97 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He was defeated by Albert Saritov of Romania in the first elimination round. He was the flagbearer for Moldova during the 2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations, Parade of Nations.
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1986 births
Living people
Moldovan male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers of Moldova
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
European Games competitors for Moldova
Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
21st-century Moldovan people
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