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Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu

Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu
Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu, 2021
Personal information
Nationality Romania
Born (1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 (age 34)
Botoşani, Romania
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight130 kg (287 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
EventGreco-Roman
ClubCS Botoşani
Coached byVictor Baciu
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 130 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kaspiysk 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Bucharest 130 kg
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan
Silver medal – second place 2014 Istanbul 98 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Istanbul 98 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sofia 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Russe 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tarnovo 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sofia 98 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sofia 130 kg
Golden Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Szombathely 120 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2012 Targoviste 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bucharest 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kragujevac 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Haparanda 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ilmajoki 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tirana 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Sassari 120 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Belgrade 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bucharest 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bucharest 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Mladenovac 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Alexandria 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Szombathely 98 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kyiv 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Zagreb 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Zagreb 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tallin 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gyoer 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Warsaw 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Nykoebing 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Budapest 130 kg
World University Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Pecs 98 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Budapest 96 kg

Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu (born February 3, 1990) is an amateur Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's heavyweight category.[1][2] He won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4] He is a member of CS Botoşani for the wrestling division, and is coached and trained by Victor Baciu.[1]

Career

Alexuc-Ciurariu represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 96 kg class. He lost the qualifying match to Albanian-born Bulgarian wrestler Elis Guri, who was able to score one point each in two straight periods, leaving Alexuc-Ciurariu without a single point.[5]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he beat Hamdy El-Said before losing to Artur Aleksanyan in the quarter-final.[2] As Aleksanyan reached the final, Alexuc-Ciurariu was entered into the repechage, where he beat Daigoro Timoncini in a shut out, before losing in his bronze medal match to Cenk İldem.[2]

At the 2018 European Championships, he competed in the 130 kg division.[6] He beat Stepan David and Mantas Knystautas before losing to Rıza Kayaalp.[6] As Kayaalp reached the final, Alexuc-Ciurariu was entered into the repechage.[6] There, he won his bronze medal match against Bálint Lám.[6]

In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] He competed in the men's 130 kg event.[8]

In 2022, he competed in the 130 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He lost his bronze medal match in the 130 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[9] He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[9] A month later, he earned a quota place for Romania for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[10] He competed in the 130 kg event at the Olympics.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ Brennan, Eliott (13 September 2022). "Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Men's 96kg Greco-Roman Qualification". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d "Senior European Championships 2018" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. April 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  7. ^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  9. ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  10. ^ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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