Vasile Andrei

Vasile Andrei

Andrei at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born	28 July 1955 Albeşti, Romania
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Progresul Bucuresti Steaua Bucureşti[1]
Coached by	Dumitru Pârvulescu Gheorghe Suteu[1]
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1980 Moscow -100 kg 1984 Los Angeles -100 kg World Championships 1982 Katowice -100 kg 1986 Budapest -100 kg 1987 Clermont-Ferrand -100 kg European Championships 1979 Bucharest -100 kg 1980 Prievidza -100 kg 1987 Tampere -100 kg

Vasile Andrei (born 28 July 1955) is a retired heavyweight wrestler from Romania. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1980 and a gold medal in 1984. At the 1984 Olympics he also placed sixth in freestyle wrestling,^[2] and in 1980 and 1988 served as flag bearer for Romania at the opening ceremony.^[3] At the world and European championships he won six medals in Greco-Roman wrestling between 1979 and 1987.^[4]

Andrei took up wrestling at Progresul Bucuresti coached by Dumitru Pârvulescu and later moved to Steaua Bucureşti. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach, and in 2000 trained the Tunisian national team.^[1]

References

1. Vasile Andrei. Romanian Olympic Committee
2. "Profile: Vasile Andrei". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
3. Romania. sports-reference.com
4. Andrei, Vasile (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de