Ion Cernea Explained

Birth Place:Râu Alb, Argeș County, Romania
Height:161 cm
Sport:Greco-Roman wrestling
Club:Dinamo Bucuresti[1]
Show-Medals:yes

Ion Cernea (born 21 October 1933) is a retired bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. Between 1960 and 1965 he earned two Olympic 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 is married to the singer Irina Loghin; they have a son and a daughter.[4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/ion-cernea Ion Cernea
  2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ce/ion-cernea-1.html . 13 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121112131842/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ce/ion-cernea-1.html . 12 November 2012 . dmy-all .
  3. https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=A12FFAD0C055440BAD4E697BC9BDDBCF Cernea, Ion (ROU)
  4. Curriculum vitae at the Chamber of Deputies site
  5. "Iubirile Irinei Loghin", Gândul, 27 January 2015
  6. Adriana Stanca (18 February 2013) "Irina Loghin, la 74 de ani", Gândul