| Victor Sterpu | |
| Nationality: | Moldovan |
| Birth Date: | 1999 6, df=yes |
| Height: | 176 cm |
| Country: | Moldova |
| Weight Class: | –73 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | R16 |
| Worlds Year: | 2022 |
| Worlds Weight: | Men's 73 kg |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2020 |
| Regionals Weight: | Men's 73 kg |
| Olympics Rank: | R16 |
| Olympics Year: | 2020 |
| Olympics Weight: | Men's 73 kg |
| Updated: | 26 March 2023 |
Victor Sterpu (born 14 June 1999)[1] is a Moldovan judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.[2] [3] In July 2021, he competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4]
He competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2018 World Judo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 73 kg event at the 2018 Judo Grand Prix The Hague held in The Hague, Netherlands. The following year, he competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2019, he represented Moldova at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. He competed in the men's 73 kg event and he was eliminated in his first match.
In 2021, he competed in the men's 73 kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5] He also competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where he was eliminated in his second match by Sulaiman Hamad of Saudi Arabia.