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Ion Alexe

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Ion Alexe
Alexe at the 1972 Olympics
Personal information
Born25 July 1946 (1946-07-25) (age 78)
Cornu, Romania[1]
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
ClubCS Dinamo București[2]
Coached byConstantin Nour
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich +81 kg
European Amateur Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1969 Bucharest +81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Belgrade +81 kg

Ion Alexe (born 25 July 1946) is a retired heavyweight boxer from Romania. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1972, losing in the final to Teófilo Stevenson. Alexe won the European title in 1969 and placed third in 1973.[1] Domestically he won six Romanian heavyweight titles.[2]

1972 Olympic results

Below are the results of Ion Alexe, a Romanian heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics:

  • Round of 16: defeated Jozsef Reder (Hungary) on points, 5-0
  • Quarterfinal: defeated Jurgen Fanghanel (East Germany) on points, 5-0
  • Semifinal: defeated Hasse Thomsen (Sweden) on points, 5-0
  • Final: lost to Teofilo Stevenson (Cuba) by walkover (was awarded silver medal)

References

  1. ^ a b Ion Alexe. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b Ion Alexe. Romanian Olympic Committee