Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu

Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu (born February 3, 1990) is an amateur Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's heavyweight category.[1][2] He is a member of CS Botoşani for the wrestling division, and is coached and trained by Victor Baciu.[1]

Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu
Personal information
Nationality Romania
Born (1990-02-03) 3 February 1990
Botoşani, Romania
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubCS Botoşani[1]
Coached byVictor Baciu[1]
Medal record
European Championships
2020 Rome130 kg
2019 Bucharest130 kg
2018 Kaspiysk130 kg

Alexuc-Ciurariu represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 96 kg class. He lost the qualifying match to Albanian-born Bulgarian wrestler Elis Guri, who was able to score one point each in two straight periods, leaving Alexuc-Ciurariu without a single point.[3]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he beat Hamdy El-Said before losing to Artur Aleksanyan in the quarter final.[2] As Aleksanyan reached the final, Alexuc-Ciurariu was entered into the repechage, where he beat Daigoro Timoncini in a shut out, before losing in his bronze medal match to Cenk İldem.[2]

At the 2018 European Championships, he competed in the 130 kg division.[4] He beat Stepan David and Mantas Knystautas before losing to Rıza Kayaalp.[4] As Kayaalp reached the final, Alexuc-Ciurariu was entered into the repechage.[4] There, he won his bronze medal match against Bálint Lám.[4]

References
  1. "Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. "Men's 96kg Greco-Roman Qualification". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  4. "Senior European Championships 2018" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. April 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.


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