Nicolae Linca
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| Born |
1 January 1929 Cergăul Mare, Blaj, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
27 June 2008 (aged 79)[1] Feisa, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dinamo Bucharest[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Constantin Nour.[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Nicolae Linca (1 January 1929 – 27 June 2008) was a Romanian amateur welterweight boxer. After winning bronze medals at the 1953 and 1955 European championships he became Romania's first Olympic champion in boxing in 1956. Fighting with a broken finger, he won against Fred Tiedt in a 3:2 split decision. He retired with a record of 25 losses out of 306 bouts and later worked as a boxing coach.[2] By the 1990s he was living in poverty and suffering from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, which led to his deaths at the age of 79.[1] In 2005 he was awarded the Sports Merit Order of First Class.[4]
References
- 1 2 Nicolae Linca. sports-reference.com
- 1 2 Nicolae Linca. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ↑ "Olimpiada desfăşurată pe două continente" (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ↑ "Nicolae Linca, marele pugilist al Romaniei, s-a stins din viata" (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 April 2014.
1904: 135-145 lb (61.2-65.8 kg), 1920 – 1936: 135-147 lb (61.2-66.7 kg), 1948: 62-67 kg, 1952 – 2000: 63.5-67 kg, 2004 – 2012: 64-69 kg | |
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