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Full name | George Crinu Raicu-Olteanu | ||||||||
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Born | Ștefănești, Argeș | May 3, 1974||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||
Weight class | Bantamweight | ||||||||
Medal record
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George Olteanu (born May 3, 1974 in Ștefănești, Argeș) is a former boxer from Romania, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There he was defeated in the quarter finals of the men's bantamweight division (– 54 kg) by István Kovács of Hungary: 2-24. In 1999 Olteanu won the world title in Houston, Texas. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics where he was defeated 19-26 in the quarter finals by America's Clarence Vinson.
References
[edit]- Profile on Romanian Olympic Committee
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Crinu Raicu-Olteanu (full name: George Crinu Raicu-Olteanu)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.