Ion Panait
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| Full name | Ion Iulian Panait | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 1981 Mizil, Romania | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dinamo București | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Carare Petrica | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ion Iulian Panait (born May 5, 1981 in Mizil) is an amateur Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed for the men's welterweight category.[1] He won two silver medals for his division at the 2008 European Wrestling Championships in Tampere, Finland, and at the 2010 European Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2][3] He is also a member of Dinamo București and is coached and trained by Carare Petrica.
Panait represented Romania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 66 kg class. He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before being defeated by China's Li Yanyan, with a technical score of 3–3 and a classification score of 1–3.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ion Panait". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ^ "Wrestling: Romanians grab silver and bronze in Baku EC". Nine O'Clock Romania. 19 April 2010. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (6 September 2010). "2010 World Championships preview at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. in Greco-Roman wrestling". The Mat. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's Greco-Roman 66kg (145.5 lbs) Round of 16 Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
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