Gheorghe Negrea

Gheorghe Negrea (* April 21, 1934 in Sibiu, † 2001) was a Romanian boxer. Negrea was European champion in 1957 and silver medalist at the European Championships in 1959 and 1961 and the Olympic Games in 1956. Moreover, participants had the Olympic Games in 1960 and 1964.

Career

1956 reached Negrea at the Olympic Games after beating Peter van Vuuren, South Africa, Ottavio Panunzi, Italy, and Carlos Lucas, Chile, the final in the light heavyweight division ( - 81kg ), which he compared James Boyd, USA, lost and therefore the Olympic silver medal won. The following year he won the gold medal at the European Championships. Where he in the final on Petar Stankov, Bulgaria, met. The summit was also his opponent in the final of the Military Championships of the Soviet bloc and even here he could win. At the European Championships in 1959 Negrea reached the final again, but this time had to give Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Poland, defeated.

1960 won Negrea before his second participation in the Olympics, the Balkan Championships. At the Olympic Games, however, he retired in the quarterfinals against Anthony Madigan, Australia ( KO 2 ), from. The following year he defended his title at the Military Championships of the Soviet bloc and again reached the final, which he, however, against Giulio Saraudi, Italy, lost at the European Championships.

In his third participation at the Olympic Games in 1964 Negrera difference in the first fight against the eventual silver medalist Alexei Kiselyov, Soviet Union (5-0 ), and then ended his career.