Vasile Andrei

Vasile Andrei

Andrei at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1955-07-28) 28 July 1955 (age 68) Albeşti, Romania
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Progresul Bucuresti Steaua București[1]
Coached by	Dumitru Pârvulescu Gheorghe Suteu[1]
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 100 kg 1984 Los Angeles 100 kg World Championships 1982 Katowice 100 kg 1986 Budapest 100 kg 1987 Clermont-Ferrand 100 kg European Championships 1979 Bucharest 100 kg 1980 Prievidza 100 kg 1987 Tampere 100 kg

Vasile Andrei (born 28 July 1955) is a retired heavyweight wrestler from Romania. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1980 and a gold medal in 1984. At the 1984 Olympics he also placed sixth in freestyle wrestling,^[2] and in 1980 and 1988 served as flag bearer for Romania at the opening ceremony.^[3] At the world and European championships he won six medals in Greco-Roman wrestling between 1979 and 1987.^[4]

Andrei took up wrestling at Progresul Bucuresti coached by Dumitru Pârvulescu and later moved to Steaua București. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach, and in 2000 trained the Tunisian national team.^[1]

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