Ion Monea

Ion Monea (30 November 1940 – 1 March 2011) was a Romanian amateur boxer. He competed as a middleweight in 1960–64 and won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1963 European Championships, placing fifth at the 1964 Olympics. He then moved up to the light-heavyweight division and won three more medals, at the 1967 and 1969 European championships and 1968 Olympics, losing on all three occasions to Danas Pozniakas. He did not fight Pozniakas in 1968 though, as he had a broken nose from his previous bout and withdrew from the Olympic final.[2][3]

Ion Monea
Monea in 1960
Personal information
Born30 November 1940
Tohanu Vechi, Romania
Died1 March 2011 (aged 70)
Bucharest, Romania
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
ClubTanarul Dinamovist
Dinamo Bucharest[1]
Coached byTraian Ogrinjeanu
Constantin Nour[1]
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
1960 Rome -75 kg
1968 Mexico City -81 kg
European Championships
1963 Moscow-75 kg
1967 Rome-81 kg
1969 Bucharest-81 kg

Monea was trained by Constantin Nour, whom he called the "most competent and gifted trainer". After retiring from competitions he also worked as a boxing coach at Dinamo Bucharest.[4] His trainees included Daniel Dumitrescu and Rudel Obreja.[1]

References
  1. Ion Monea. Romanian Olympic Committee
  2. Ion Monea Archived 27 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  3. Boxing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  4. "Olimpiada de la Roma 1960" (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 April 2014.


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