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Mircea Dobrescu

Full name: Mircea Dobrescu
Nickname(s): Hercule de buzunar
Gender: Male
Height: 4-11 (150 cm)
Weight: 112 lbs (51 kg)
Born: September 5, 1930 in Cotorca, Buzău, Romania
Died: August 6, 2015
Affiliations: Steaua Bucureşti, Bucureşti (ROU)
Country: ROU Romania
Sport: Boxing

Medals: 1 Silver (1 Total)

Biography

Mircea Dobrescu competed at three Olympics (1952, 1956, 1960), earning a silver medal in flyweight in 1956. He competed at five European Championships, winning silver medals in 1955 and 1957. He was 1954 World University Games Champion and 1955 Balkan Champion. Dobrescu actually continued boxing until 1982 when he was 52-years-old, having competed in over 200 bouts. He was named an Honored Master of Sports in Romania.

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1952 Summer 21 Helsinki Boxing Men's Flyweight Romania ROU 5T
1956 Summer 26 Melbourne Boxing Men's Flyweight Romania ROU 2 Silver
1960 Summer 29 Roma Boxing Men's Flyweight Romania ROU 5T

Men's Flyweight

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank Date Result JF MR J1S J2S J3S J4S J5S TJP R
1952 Summer 21 Helsinki Boxing Romania ROU Quarter-Finals Match #4 2 1952-07-31 Brooks (USA) , Dobrescu (ROU) 1
1952 Summer 21 Helsinki Boxing Romania ROU Round One Match #5 1 Dobrescu (ROU) , Nagata (JPN) 2 decision
1952 Summer 21 Helsinki Boxing Romania ROU Round Two (Redraw) Match #5 1 1952-07-31 Dobrescu (ROU) , Johansson (SWE) 3 decision
1956 Summer 26 Melbourne Boxing Romania ROU Final Round Match 1/2 2 1956-12-01 Spinks (GBR) , Dobrescu (ROU)
1956 Summer 26 Melbourne Boxing Romania ROU Semi-Finals Match #1 1 1956-11-30 Dobrescu (ROU) , Caldwell (IRL) decision
1956 Summer 26 Melbourne Boxing Romania ROU Quarter-Finals Match #1 1 1956-11-28 Dobrescu (ROU) , Perez (USA) decision
1956 Summer 26 Melbourne Boxing Romania ROU Round Two Match #1 1 1956-11-26 Dobrescu (ROU) , Bonus (PHI) decision
1956 Summer 26 Melbourne Boxing Romania ROU Round One Match #2 1 1956-11-23 Dobrescu (ROU) bye
1960 Summer 29 Roma Boxing Romania ROU Quarter-Finals Match #1 2 1960-09-02 Tanabe (JPN) , Dobrescu (ROU) 1 58 56 56 58 59 287
1960 Summer 29 Roma Boxing Romania ROU Round Three Match #1 1 1960-08-31 Dobrescu (ROU) , Chervet (SUI) knock-out 1
1960 Summer 29 Roma Boxing Romania ROU Round Two Match #1 1 Dobrescu (ROU) , Martins (BRA) 5 decision 59 60 60 60 59 298
1960 Summer 29 Roma Boxing Romania ROU Round One Match #1 1 1960-08-25 Dobrescu (ROU) bye
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