Victor Sterpu

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| name = Victor Sterpu

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| nationality = Moldovan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|6|14}}

| height = 176 cm

| country = Moldova

| weight_class = –73 kg

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| olympics_rank = R16

| olympics_year = 2020

| olympics_weight = Men's 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

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{{Medal|Country| {{MDA}} }}

{{Medal|G| 2020 Prague | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2021 Antalya | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2023 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2024 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2021 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 The Hague | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2020 Poreč | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Marrakesh | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Vantaa | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

| updated = 17 September 2024

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Victor Sterpu (born 14 June 1999){{Cite web|title=Victor Sterpu|url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/106096/Victor_Sterpu/judo-results|access-date=20 November 2020|website=JudoInside.com}} is a Moldovan judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.{{Cite news|last=Browne|first=Ken|date=20 November 2020|title=Clarisse Agbegnenou storms to fifth European title in Prague|work=Olympic Channel|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/day2-european-judo-champs-prague-clarisse-agbegnenou-wins-fifth-title/|url-status=live|access-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120172834/https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/day2-european-judo-champs-prague-clarisse-agbegnenou-wins-fifth-title/|archive-date=20 November 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Results|url=http://judolive01.lb.judobase.org/www.judo-world.net/eju/european/ec_sen2020_prague/tta.php?tta_mode=&aktion=pdf_sheet&klasse=&sprache=english|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121173338/http://judolive01.lb.judobase.org/www.judo-world.net/eju/european/ec_sen2020_prague/tta.php?tta_mode=&aktion=pdf_sheet&klasse=&sprache=english|archive-date=21 November 2020|access-date=5 December 2020|website=2020 European Judo Championships}} In July 2021, he competed in the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Judo Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=1 August 2021|access-date=1 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

Career

He competed in the men's 73{{nbsp}}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{{nbsp}}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{{nbsp}}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{{nbsp}}kg event and he was eliminated in his first match.

In 2021, he competed in the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.{{Cite web|title=2021 Judo World Masters|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2180/draw|access-date=12 January 2021|website=International Judo Federation}} He also competed in the men's 73{{nbsp}}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.