The Olympics Blog » Romania http://theolympianblog.com How Much Money Do Olympians Make? | London 2012 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:15:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Alina Alexandra Dumitru Scores One Gold For Romania http://theolympianblog.com/alina-alexandra-dumitru-scores-one-gold/ http://theolympianblog.com/alina-alexandra-dumitru-scores-one-gold/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:36:00 +0000 bill http://theolympianblog.com/?p=271 Romania’s judoka Alina Alexandra Dumitru should write a book entitled “How to Win an Olympic Gold Medal in 80 Seconds“. I think it will be a best seller.

Felicitări, Alina, you made Romania very proud indeed.

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Nicolae Linca, Gold Medalist, 79

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]]> http://theolympianblog.com/alina-alexandra-dumitru-scores-one-gold/feed/ 0 Nicolae Linca, Gold Medalist, 79 http://theolympianblog.com/nicolae-linca-gold-medalist-79/ http://theolympianblog.com/nicolae-linca-gold-medalist-79/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:02:00 +0000 bill http://theolympianblog.com/?p=211 Our condolences to Nicolae Linca’s family and friends. Here’s a report from the AP about his death.

AP via CBS: BUCHAREST, Romania — Nicolae Linca, Romania’s only Olympic gold medalist boxer, died at his home Saturday. He was 79.

Fighting with a broken right wrist, Linca beat Irish boxer Frederick Tiedt to win gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Linca was awarded the victory by three of the five judges.

Linca died in his hometown of Feisa in Transylvania, northwest Romania. Daily Pro-Sport reported the former welterweight had been suffering from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease for several years.

“He left a legacy which even now we have the duty to try and equalize, and why not, even to do better,” said Rudel Obraja, president of the Romanian Boxing Federation.

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