Gheorghiță Ștefan

Gheorghiță Ștefan (also known as Ștefan Gheorghiță, born January 17, 1986 in Bucharest) is a male freestyle wrestler from Romania. He participated in men's freestyle 74 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He lost the bronze medal fight against Murad Gaidarov. However, after a positive doping test Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan was in November 2016 stripped of the silver medal. Ștefan Gheorghiță was therefore moved up to a bronze medal position.

Gheorghiță Ștefan
Personal information
NationalityRomanian
BornJanuary 17, 1986 (1986-01-17) (age 35)
Bucharest, Romania
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Spouse(s)
(m. 2016)
Sport
ClubRapid; Bucharest
Coached byCornel Zaharia (since 2000)
Aurel Cimpoeru (since 2013)
Anatoli Guidea (since 2015)

In 2016, he married Romanian judoka Corina Căprioriu.[1][2]

References

  1. "Judoka Corina Căprioriu s-a căsătorit cu luptătorul Ștefan Gheorghiță" [Judoka Corina Caprioriu married fighter Stefan Gheorghita]. Libertatea.ro (in Romanian). 26 September 2016.
  2. "Nuntă mare în sportul românesc! Judoka Corina Căprioriu s-a căsătorit! Se lasă cu lupte în familie!" [Great wedding in Romanian sport! Judoka Corina Caprioriu married! Let them fight in the family!]. SpyNews.ro (in Romanian). 26 September 2016.


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