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Costică Dafinoiu

1954 - 2022

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Costică Dafinoiu (6 February 1954 – 8 June 2022) was a light-heavyweight boxer from Romania. He took up boxing in 1969, winning a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, a gold and a silver medals at the Romanian National Amateur Boxing Championship and won the Golden belt international tournament organized by Romania in 1974. He retired in 1981, and after receiving a degree in physical education worked as a boxing coach at his native club CS Progresul Brăila. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Costică Dafinoiu is the 2,107th most popular athlete (up from 2,183rd in 2024), the 515th most popular biography from Romania (up from 544th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Romanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Costică Dafinoiu ranks 2,107 out of 6,025. Before him are Elena Horvat, Sandra Chick, Carlos Rodríguez, Jafar Salmasi, Erik Larsson, and Edy Hubacher. After him are Georges Dransart, Janne Stefansson, Tia Hellebaut, Gabriela Szabo, Detlef Michel, and Dezső Lemhényi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Costică Dafinoiu ranks 548. Before him are Ole Kjær, Enrique Peñalosa, Alan Kennedy, Valentina Sidorova, John Hencken, and Ibrahima Kassory Fofana. After him are Gina Rinehart, Marek Kusto, Vakhtang Blagidze, Anatoly Chukanov, Baburam Bhattarai, and Donald Petrie. Among people deceased in 2022, Costică Dafinoiu ranks 594. Before him are Vic Elford, Neal Adams, András Törőcsik, Rolando Serrano, Monty Norman, and Viktor Zvyahintsev. After him are David McKee, Maurice Norman, Anne-Marie Garat, Dagmar Rom, Gerhard Rodax, and Werner Israel.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Costică Dafinoiu ranks 515 out of 844. Before him are Cristi Puiu (1967), Iulian Filipescu (1974), Alexandru Athanasiu (1955), Fița Lovin (1951), Ștefan Rusu (1956), and Elena Horvat (1958). After him are Gabriela Szabo (1975), Mihai Tudose (1967), Cristina Elena Grigoraș (1966), Dimitrie Popescu (1961), Cristian Gațu (1945), and Elisabeta Lipă (1964).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Costică Dafinoiu ranks 30. Before him are Sofia Corban (1956), Ghiță Licu (1945), Sanda Toma (1956), Chira Apostol (1960), Fița Lovin (1951), and Elena Horvat (1958). After him are Gabriela Szabo (1975), Dimitrie Popescu (1961), Maria Ștefan (1954), Corneliu Ion (1951), Elena Georgescu (1964), and Valer Toma (1957).

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