Nicolae Martinescu

Nicolae Martinescu

Personal information
Born	24 February 1940 Vişani, Romania
Died	1 April 2013 (aged 73) Bucharest, Romania
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Dunarea Galati CS Dinamo București[1]
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 97 kg 1972 Munich 100 kg World Championships 1963 Helsingborg 97 kg 1966 Toledo 97 kg 1967 Bucharest 97 kg 1971 Sofia 100 kg 1974 Katowice 100 kg European Championships 1966 Essen 97 kg 1973 Helsinki 97 kg

Mioara Velicu and Nicolae Martinescu

Nicolae Martinescu (24 February 1940 – 1 April 2013) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972, placing third in 1968 and fourth in 1964. At the 1976 Olympics he served as the flag bearer for Romania at the opening ceremony.^[2] Martinescu won a European title in 1966 and five medals at the world championships between 1963 and 1974.^[3] Domestically he collected 18 Romanian national titles between 1961 and 1978.^[1]

In 1972, he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.^[4] After retiring from competitions he worked at the Romanian Wrestling Federation. Martinescu died aged 73 in Bucharest.

His wife was folk singer Mioara Velicu.^[5][6]

References

1. Nicolae Martinescu. Romanian Olympic Committee
2. Romania. sports-reference.com
3. Martinescu, Nicolae (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de
4. Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. pp. 122–124.
5. "Profile: Nicolae Martinescu". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
6. Gabriela Niculescu (October 2010) Mioara Velicu: „Eram băieţoasă şi îi organizam pe toţi“. taifasuri.ro