 Petre with Romania in 2011. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Oradea, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cristian Constantin Petre (born 22 March 1979 in Oradea) [1] is a Romanian former rugby union player and current coach.
He won 92 caps for the Romania national rugby union team, with 6 tries scored, 30 points in aggregate. Petre played in all the four games for his country at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
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