Rudel Obreja Explained

Rudel Obreja
Full Name:Rudel Ionel Obreja
Nationality:Romanian
Sport:Boxing
Birth Date:6 August 1965
Birth Place:Galați, Romania
Death Place:Bucharest, Romania
Height:174 cm
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Rudel Obreja (6 August 1965 – 12 March 2023) was a Romanian boxer and businessman.[1] He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2] Obreja also won four national senior titles, a bronze medal at the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships and a silver medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships. He was the president of the Romanian Boxing Federation between 2004 and 2012. In 2007, he was elected vice president of AIBA, and was the chief technical officer for amateur boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3]

Obreja died on 12 March 2023, at age 57.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rudel Obreja: "Gala de la Galati va fi un regal pugilistic!" Vezi ce personalitati din lumea boxului vor fi prezente. Sptfm.ro. Romanian . Rudel Obreja: "The event in Galati will be a boxing show!" See which personalities from the world of boxing will be present. 21 February 2013. 21 January 2021.
  2. Rudel Obreja Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418044119/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/rudel-obreja-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 31 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Ex-Boxing federation head Rudel Obreja files criminal complaint against prosecutors in the "Bute Gala" file . The Romania Journal . 1 February 2019.
  4. News: Cirican . Paul . A murit Rudel Obreja! Fostul boxer și președinte al federației s-a stins la 57 de ani . 12 March 2023 . adevarul.ro . 12 March 2023.