 Cernea at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1933-10-21)21 October 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 June 2025(2025-06-30) (aged 91) Bucharest, Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Bellu Cemetery | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dinamo Bucuresti[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ion Cernea (21 October 1933 – 30 June 2025) was a Romanian bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler. Between 1960 and 1965 he earned two Olympic (a Silver in 1960 in Rome and a Bronze in 1964 in Tokyo) 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 was married to the singer Irina Loghin; they had a son and a daughter.[4][5][6] He died on 30 June 2025, at the age of 91.[7]
References
- Ion Cernea Archived 2 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Romanian Olympic Committee
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ion Cernea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- Cernea, Ion (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- (in Romanian) Curriculum vitae Archived 4 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine at the Chamber of Deputies site
- (in Romanian) "Iubirile Irinei Loghin", Gândul, 27 January 2015
- (in Romanian) Adriana Stanca (18 February 2013) "Irina Loghin, la 74 de ani", Gândul
- A murit fostul mare campion la lupte Ion Cernea. A reprezentat clubul Dinamo ca sportiv și antrenor (in Romanian)