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Gheorghe Berceanu

1949 - 2022

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Gheorghe Berceanu (28 December 1949 – 30 August 2022) was a Romanian light-flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the world title in 1969 and 1972, the European title in 1970, 1972, and 1973, and an Olympic gold medal in 1972 in Munich and a silver in 1976 in Montreal. Berceanu spent most of his career at Steaua București, and later worked there as a coach. Berceanu died on 30 August 2022, at the age of 72. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gheorghe Berceanu is the 582nd most popular athlete (up from 707th in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Romania (up from 379th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Romanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gheorghe Berceanu ranks 582 out of 6,025. Before him are Frank Wykoff, André Bonin, Walter Bathe, István Somodi, Teresa Ciepły, and Karel Mejta Sr. After him are Paavo Johansson, Marc Wright, Teodor Koskenniemi, Ioannis Persakis, Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Eventing, and Galina Bystrova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Gheorghe Berceanu ranks 376. Before him are Åse Kleveland, Shelley Long, Pia Degermark, Hartmut Briesenick, Arjun Appadurai, and Leivinha. After him are Daniel Killer, Carlos Veiga, Tarık Akan, Ivan Kostov, Graham Swift, and Franz Josef Jung. Among people deceased in 2022, Gheorghe Berceanu ranks 326. Before him are Pleun Strik, Margit Korondi, Severino Poletto, Georgi Atanasov, Ri Yong-ho, and Vesa-Matti Loiri. After him are Egon Franke, Eva-Maria Hagen, Jean Philippe, Herbert W. Franke, John Steiner, and Zhang Jie.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Gheorghe Berceanu ranks 315 out of 844. Before him are Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu (1944), Mugur Isărescu (1949), István Kovács (1984), Gheorghe Gruia (1940), Isidore Isou (1925), and István Somodi (1885). After him are Aurel Popovici (1863), Lőrinc Schlauch (1824), Ioan Slavici (1848), Corneliu Baba (1906), Gheorghe Albu (1909), and Béla Károlyi (1942).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Gheorghe Berceanu ranks 6. Before him are Iolanda Balaș (1936), Mihaela Peneș (1947), Ecaterina Oancia (1954), Ivan Patzaichin (1949), and István Somodi (1885). After him are Maricica Puică (1950), Dumitru Pârvulescu (1933), Argentina Menis (1948), Doina Melinte (1956), Lajos Steiner (1903), and Ion Panțuru (1934).

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