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Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu
	Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu, 2021
Personal information
Nationality	Romania
Born	3 February 1990 (age 34); Botoşani, Romania
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	130 kg (287 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Greco-Roman
Club	CS Botoşani
Coached by	Victor Baciu
Medal record
World Championships
European Championships
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov
Golden Grand Prix
Grand Prix
World University Championship
World Juniors Championships

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 won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[3]^[4] He is a member of CS Botoşani for the wrestling division, and is coached and trained by Victor Baciu.^[1]

Career

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.^[5]

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.^[6] He beat Stepan David and Mantas Knystautas before losing to Rıza Kayaalp.^[6] As Kayaalp reached the final, Alexuc-Ciurariu was entered into the repechage.^[6] There, he won his bronze medal match against Bálint Lám.^[6]

In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[7] He competed in the men's 130 kg event.^[8]

In 2022, he competed in the 130 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He lost his bronze medal match in the 130 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[9] He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.^[9] A month later, he earned a quota place for Romania for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.^[10] He competed in the 130 kg event at the Olympics.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b "Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ Brennan, Eliott (13 September 2022). "Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Men's 96kg Greco-Roman Qualification". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Senior European Championships 2018" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. April 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
^ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.