Gheorghiță Ștefan

Gheorghiță Ștefan
Personal information
NationalityRomanian
Born17 January 1986 (1986-01-17) (age 39)
Bucharest, Romania
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Spouse
(m. 2016)
Sport
ClubRapid; Bucharest
Coached byCornel Zaharia (since 2000)
Aurel Cimpoeru (since 2013)
Anatoli Guidea (since 2015)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing 74 kg
European Championships
2011 Dortmund 84 kg
Universiade
2013 Kazan 84 kg

Gheorghiță Ștefan (born 17 January 1986 in Bucharest), also known as Ștefan Gheorghiță, is a freestyle wrestler from Romania. He participated in men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He lost the bronze medal fight against Murad Gaidarov of Belorussia. However, after a positive doping test Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan was in November 2016 stripped of the silver medal. Ștefan Gheorghiță, therefore, moved up to a bronze medal position.[1]

In 2016, he married Romanian judoka Corina Căprioriu.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stefan Gheorghiţă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Judoka Corina Căprioriu s-a căsătorit cu luptătorul Ștefan Gheorghiță" [Judoka Corina Caprioriu married fighter Stefan Gheorghita]. Libertatea.ro (in Romanian). 26 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Nuntă mare în sportul românesc! Judoka Corina Căprioriu s-a căsătorit! Se lasă cu lupte în familie!" [Great wedding in Romanian sport! Judoka Corina Caprioriu married! Let them fight in the family!]. SpyNews.ro (in Romanian). 26 September 2016.