Ion Cernea

Ion Cernea
Cernea at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1933-10-21)21 October 1933
Râu Alb, Argeș County, Romania
Died30 June 2025(2025-06-30) (aged 91)
Bucharest, Romania
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
ClubDinamo Bucuresti[1]
Medal record
Representing Romania
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo 57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Manchester 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 1961 Yokohama 57 kg

Ion Cernea (21 October 1933 – 30 June 2025) was a Romanian bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler. Between 1960 and 1965 he earned two Olympic (a Silver in 1960 in Rome and a Bronze in 1964 in Tokyo) and two world championship medals, winning the world title in 1965.[2][3] He retired the same year to become a wrestling coach and international referee, and was present in this capacity at all major international wrestling competitions between 1972 and 1988.[1]

Cernea was married to the singer Irina Loghin; they had a son and a daughter.[4][5][6] He died on 30 June 2025, at the age of 91.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ion Cernea. Romanian Olympic Committee
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ion Cernea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. ^ Cernea, Ion (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  4. ^ (in Romanian) Curriculum vitae at the Chamber of Deputies site
  5. ^ (in Romanian) "Iubirile Irinei Loghin", Gândul, 27 January 2015
  6. ^ (in Romanian) Adriana Stanca (18 February 2013) "Irina Loghin, la 74 de ani", Gândul
  7. ^ A murit fostul mare campion la lupte Ion Cernea. A reprezentat clubul Dinamo ca sportiv și antrenor (in Romanian)


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