Ionuţ Gheorghe (born 29 February 1984 in Constanţa,

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) is a

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from Romania.

Career

He qualified for the

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by ending up in first place at the

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. In

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he won a bronze medal, having been stopped in the semifinals of the

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division by eventual winner

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. Gheorghe won another bronze medal in the same division two years later, at the

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where he lost to local

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. At the 2007 World Championships he was upset by Iranian Morteza Sepahvand but he qualified for the Olympics at the first qualifier.

Olympic results 2004

*Defeated Faisal Karim (Pakistan) 26-11 *Defeated Mustafa Karagöllü (Turkey) 28-19 *Defeated

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(Italy) 29-18 *Lost to

(Thailand) 9-30

References

1984 births Living people Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Romanian male boxers Sportspeople from Constanța 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-boxing-bio-stub