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Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler
Dumitru Parvulescu
Parvulescu (top) at the 1960 Olympics
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Born
| 14 June 1933
Lugoj
, Romania
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Died
| 9 April 2007
Bucharest, Romania
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Height
| 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
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Sport
| Greco-Roman wrestling
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Club
| Vulturii
Steaua Bucharest
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Dumitru Parvulescu
(or, in
older spelling
,
Pirvulescu
; 14 June 1933 ? 9 April 2007) was a flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960, placing third in 1964 and fourth in 1956. At the world championships he won a silver medal in 1961 and finished fourth-fifth in 1953 and 1958.
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Sporting career
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Parvulescu took up wrestling at a very young age, with the Vulturii club in
Lugoj
. During his career he also represented ?tiin?a (Bucharest), Steagul Ro?u (
Bra?ov
), and for the most part Steaua Bucharest.
He debuted internationally in
East Berlin
in 1951, where he finished second. His Olympic debut in 1952 was less successful (2 defeats, 9th place). He narrowly missed the podium in the world Championship in
Naples
in 1953, losing only to the world champion
Ahmet Bilek
; he also finished fourth at the 1956 Olympics. At the 1960 Olympics, Parvulescu won the final against
Ignazio Fabra
in a close decision. Parvulescu went on to win a silver at the 1961 World Championships and a bronze at the 1964 Olympics.
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Losing to Gheorghe Berceanu in the Romanian championship persuaded him to retire from the mat and become a coach.
Coaching career
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Dumitru Parvulescu coached for Steaua Bucharest and subsequently for L.C. Vulcan Bucharest.
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In addition, he was often commissioned by the Romanian wrestling Federation to select talented youngsters from various parts of the country. Parvulescu was credited with coaching World champion and Olympic silver medalist
Constantin Alexandru
and with discovering a young talent who would become 1984 Olympic champion in the 100 kg category
Vasile Andrei
. He was also a mentor and confidant of World and Olympic 48 kg champion Gheorghe Berceanu.
In 2000, Parvulescu received the National “Faithful Service” Order, the highest civilian distinction in Romania.
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References
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External links
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- 1948?1996:
52 kg
- 2000:
54 kg
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