Gheorghe Berceanu

{{short description|Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler (1949–2022)}}

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CSA Steaua București[http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/gheorghe-berceanu Gheorghe Berceanu]. Romanian Olympic Committee

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{{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalGold| 1972 Munich |48 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 1976 Montreal |48 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1969 Mar del Plata |48 kg}}

{{MedalGold| 1970 Edmonton |48 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 1975 Minsk |48 kg}}

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{{MedalGold|1970 Berlin| 48 kg}}

{{MedalGold|1972 Katowice| 48 kg}}

{{MedalGold|1973 Helsinki| 48 kg}}

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Gheorghe Berceanu (28 December 1949 – 30 August 2022) was a Romanian light-flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the world title in 1969 and 1972, the European title in 1970, 1972, and 1973, and an Olympic gold medal in 1972 in Munich and a silver in 1976 in Montreal.[https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=0319E5C19144480A829B35593D08A2F2 Berceanu, Gheorghe (ROU)]. iat.uni-leipzig.de Berceanu spent most of his career at Steaua București, and later worked there as a coach.

Berceanu died on 30 August 2022, at the age of 72.{{cite news |title=Doliu în sportul românesc. A murit Gheorghe Berceanu, campion olimpic la lupte greco-romane |url=https://www.digisport.ro/alte-sporturi/doliu-in-sportul-romanesc-a-murit-gheorghe-berceanu-campion-olimpic-la-lupte-greco-romane-1884199 |access-date=30 August 2022 |publisher=DigiSport |date=30 August 2022}}