Florin Zalomir
Appearance
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Full name | Florin Gelu Zalomir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Iaşi, Romania | 21 April 1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weapon | sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National coach | Mihai Covaliu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CS Dinamo București | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | ranking (archive) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Florin Zalomir (Romanian pronunciation: [floˈrin zaloˈmir]; born 21 April 1981 in Iaşi)[1] is a Romanian sabre fencer who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics winning a silver medal in the sabre team event.
Personal life
After the 2003 European Fencing Championships from Bourges, France, Zalomir joined the Foreign Legion. He returned to sport after two years and a half of engagement in France and Afghanistan.[2]
References
- ^ "Florin Zalomir Olympic Results". london2012.com. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
- ^ "Sabrerul Florin Zalomir a fost în Legiunea Străină" (in Romanian). Libertatea. 11 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
External links
- Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Florin Zalomir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16.
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Romanian male fencers
- Romanian sabre fencers
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers of Romania
- Sportspeople from Iași
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Olympic silver medalists for Romania
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Romanian fencing biography stubs
- Romanian Olympic medalist stubs