Alin Badea

Alin Badea
Badea at the 2013 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
Nickname(s)Bădie
Born (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 36)
Slobozia, Romania
NationalityRomanian
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country Romania
WeaponSabre
HandRight-handed
National coachMihai Covaliu
ClubCSA Steaua
Former coachMarin Mihăiță
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Toruń Team

Alin Badea (born 1 June 1988) is a Romanian sabre fencer, who won the team silver medal in the 2013 World championships.

Biography

Badea began fencing at age 10 at his local club, CS Slobozia, under coach Marin Mihăiță.[1] In 2008 he transferred to CSA Steaua in Bucharest.[1]

Badea joined Romania's national team after the 2012 Summer Olympics and the retirement of three team members.[2] With Tiberiu Dolniceanu as captain, Romania won a bronze medal in Madrid, their first World Cup tournament with the new team.[2] For his first participation in World Championships, Badea made it to the table of 16, defeating world champion Aleksey Yakimenko along the way, before being stopped by Hungary's András Szatmári. In the team event, Badea proved instrumental in Romania's success. He entered the last relay in the quarter-final against host Hungary on 40–44 for the opposition and gave 2012 Olympic Champion Áron Szilágyi five hits in a row to win the match.[3] Badea also fenced the last relay in the quarter-final against Belarus and gave the decisive hit again.[3] Romania met Russia in the final. Distanced after the third relay, they were defeated 45–38 and ended up with a silver medal.

In the 2013–14 season Badea was stopped in the second round of the European Championships by Russia's Kamil Ibragimov, who eventually won a bronze medal.[4] In the team event, team captain Dolniceanu and Badea got injured and Romania ended up No.5. At the World Championships, Badea reached the table of 16, where he was overcome by Korea's Gu Bon-gil. In the team event, Romania were defeated in the quarter-finals by South Korea and finished No.7. Badea ranked No.28 at the end of the season, a career best.

At the beginning of the 2014–15 season Badea pulled off a surprise win against Dolniceanu to win the Romanian national championship.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Mirela Neag (13 August 2013). "Alin Badea şi Iulian Teodosiu au în comun mai mult decît medalia mondială de argint". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian).
  2. ^ a b Roxana Fleșeru (12 February 2013). "Echipa masculină de sabie a luat bronzul la Cupa Mondială de la Madrid". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian).
  3. ^ a b Daniel Remes (13 August 2013). "Alin Badea a fost eroul României". ProSport (in Romanian).
  4. ^ Traian Terzian (10 June 2014). "Tiberiu Dolniceanu și Alin Badea, eliminați în turul doi la Campionatele Europene de scrimă" (in Romanian). Mediafax.
  5. ^ Radu Levârdă (17 October 2014). "Alin Badea castiga surprinzător finala de sabie cu Dolniceanu!". Sport Total FM. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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