Ion Cernea

Ion Cernea

Cernea at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born 21 October 1936 (1936-10-21) (age 80)
Râu Alb, Romania
Height 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport Greco-Roman wrestling
Club Dinamo Bucuresti[1]

Ion Cernea (born 21 October 1936) is a retired bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. Between 1960 and 1965 he earned two Olympic and two world championship medals, winning the world title in 1965.[2][3] He retired the same year to become a wrestling coach and international referee, and was present in this capacity at all major international wrestling competitions between 1972 and 1988.[1]

Cernea is married to the singer Irina Loghin; they have a son and a daughter.[4][5][6]

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  1. 1 2 Ion Cernea. Romanian Olympic Committee
  2. ↑ "Ion Cernea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Cernea, Ion (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  4. ↑ (Romanian) Curriculum vitae at the Chamber of Deputies site
  5. ↑ (Romanian) "Iubirile Irinei Loghin", Gândul, 27 January 2015
  6. ↑ (Romanian) Adriana Stanca (18 February 2013) "Irina Loghin, la 74 de ani", Gândul


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