Constantin Corduneanu (23 April 1969, Iași – 15 April 2024, Târgu Mureș) was a Romanian freestyle wrestler who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
Born into a poor family with eleven children, Corduneanu started wrestling at the Nicolina Sports Club in his hometown, Iași.[2]
During his active wrestling career he was a member of Steaua Bucharest and Dinamo Brașov, where he was a non-commissioned officer.[2]
Corduneanu retired from wrestling in 2002, but before that he had become the leader of a Mafia-type criminal organization in Iași.[2] [3] [4] In 2018, he was indicted along with Dragos Cosmin Gradinariu, alias Bombardieru for the "establishment of an organized criminal group, leading and financing illegal drug activities, and illegal trafficking of high-risk drugs", but was found not guilty by Romania's Supreme Court in 2013.[5]
When he married his second wife, Alina Bogdan, he changed his family name into Bogdan, but reverted to the old family name after they divorced.
In 2015, he had a song dedicated to him and his brother, Adrian Corduneanu (also known as Beleaua), named Mafia. The artist who sings it is Dani Mocanu, well known manele singer.[2] [3] [6]
Corduneanu died on 15 April 2024, at the age of 54.[7]