George Olteanu

{{short description|Romanian boxer}}

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| fullname = George Crinu Raicu-Olteanu

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| nationality = {{ROM}}

| weight class = Bantamweight

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|5|3}}

| birth_place = Ștefănești, Argeș

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| height = {{height|m=1.67|precision=0}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Amateur Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1999 Houston | Bantamweight}}

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George Olteanu (born May 3, 1974 in Ștefănești, Argeș) is a former boxer from Romania, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

There he was defeated in the quarter finals of the men's bantamweight division (– 54 kg) by István Kovács of Hungary: 2-24. In 1999 Olteanu won the world title in Houston, Texas. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics where he was defeated 19-26 in the quarter finals by America's Clarence Vinson.

References

  • [http://www.cor.ro/sportiv.php?id_participant=330 Profile on Romanian Olympic Committee]
  • {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/crinu-raicu-olteanu-1.html |title=Crinu Raicu-Olteanu (full name: George Crinu Raicu-Olteanu)

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105005048/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/crinu-raicu-olteanu-1.html |archive-date=2012-11-05 |url-status=dead}}

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Category:1974 births

Category:Living people

Category:Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic boxers for Romania

Category:People from Ștefănești, Argeș

Category:Romanian male boxers

Category:AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists

Category:Bantamweight boxers

Category:Sportspeople from Argeș County

Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen

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