Valeriu Bularca

Valeriu Bularca

Personal information
Born	(1931-02-14)14 February 1931 Întorsura Buzăului, Romania
Died	7 February 2017(2017-02-07) (aged 85) Brașov, Romania
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Dinamo Brașov[1]
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 70 kg World Championships 1958 Budapest 73 kg 1961 Yokohama 73 kg

Valeriu Bularca (14 February 1931 – 7 February 2017) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1964. In 1961 he became the first Romanian wrestler to win a world title.[2][3] Domestically he collected six national titles between 1957 and 1964. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach at CS Steagu Roșu in Brașov.[1]

He died in Brașov on 7 February 2017.[4]

References

1. Valeriu Bularca. Romanian Olympic Committee
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valeriu Bularca". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
3. Bularca, Valeriu (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de
4. "O legendă a sportului din România s-a stins din viață" (in Romanian). Antena 3. 8 February 2017.

External links

• Valeriu Bularca at the International Wrestling Database
• Valeriu Bularca at Olympedia
• Valeriu Bularca at the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in Romanian)