Mircea Dobrescu
Mircea Dobrescu ( born September 5, 1930) is a former Romanian boxer. Dobrescu was silver medalist at the European Championships in 1955 and 1957 and the Olympic Games in 1956.
Career
1952 started Dobrescu first time at the Olympics. After victories in the flyweight ( 51kg - ) on Yoshitaro Nagata, Japan ( 2-1 ), and Roland Johansson, Sweden ( 3:0), he retired in the quarterfinals to eventual Olympic champion Nathan Brooks, United States ( 2:1), from.
At the European Championships in 1953 Dobrescu difference in the preliminary round against Edgar Basel, Germany (3-0), from. Things went better, however, at the European Championships in 1955, where he again scored on a semi-final victory over Wolfgang Behrendt, GDR, in the final at Basel and defeated him again. 1956 reached Dobrescu after beating Federico bonus, Philippines, Ray Perez, USA, and Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, the final of the Olympic Games. In this he met Terry Spinks, the UK, he was defeated on points.
1957 Debresco reached for the second time the finals of the European Championships. After the semi-final against René Libeer, France ( 4-1 ) won, he lost against Manfred Homberg, Germany (4:1). In the same year he won the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow. At the European Championships in 1959 Dobrescu already retired in the quarterfinals against Vladimir Stolnikov, Soviet Union ( 3-2 ), from. The following year he won the Balkan Championships and participated for the third time in the Olympic Games in part. However, after victories over Jose Neves Martins, Brazil (5:0), and Paul Chervet, Switzerland (KO 1 ), he left again at the quarter- final against Kiyoshi Tanabe, Japan ( 4:1), from.
After Dobrescu 1961 retired again at the European Championships in the quarterfinals against Stolnikov, he finished his career.
Source
- Amateur- boxing.strefa.pl
- Boxer ( Romania)
- Olympian (Romania )
- Man
- Born in 1930
- Romanian