Vasile Pușcașu
Vasile Puşcaşu (born 2 May 1956) is a former Romanian wrestler.
Career
Vasile Puşcaşu comes from Oneşti. As a teenager, he first attempted in some other sports, before he found himself on the rings. After the first regional success, he became the top club " Clubul Sportive Minicipal " (CSM ) Oneşti delegated and got there good coaches. After he had prevailed at the Romanian championships, he was first sent to an international championship in 1977. From then on, he represented the Romanian colors to 1988 in nearly 20 such championships, winning eight medals. He wrestled exclusively in free style. 1985 appeared his international career to be already finished, as he scored not so great successes more and give it a strong competitor was grown in Enache Panait in their own country. He sat down again in 1987 against this through and achieved in the years 1987 and 1988, his greatest successes, culminating in the Olympic gold medal in 1988. The greatest victories of Vasile Puşcaşu were on the multiple world champion Magomed Magomedov Soviet and Leri Chabelow. During the victory over Magomedov at the European Championships in 1981 with no major impact was because he lost the next two fights, he won with the scarce 1: 0 points victory over Habelow 1988 Olympic gold medal. Against the German world class wrestler Harald Büttner, Roland Gehrke and Uwe Neupert he found it hard. Counter Büttner he lost three times, once against Gehrke and against Neupert he was defeated once and he won once. After his Olympic victory in 1988, he resigned.
Vasile Puşcaşu was handy during his time as an active wrestler professional wrestlers, and is now Secretary General of the Romanian Association Ringer.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, F = Freestyle, S = Heavy weight, then up to 100 kg body weight)
Swell
- Journal The Ringer,
- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig