Gheorghe Florescu (sport shooter)

Gheorghe Florescu

Gheorghe Florescu in 1967
Personal information
Born	(1928-02-18)18 February 1928 Craiova, Kingdom of Romania
Sport
Country	Romania
Sport	Sports shooting

Gheorghe Florescu (born 18 February 1928) is a Romanian former sports shooter, Olympian, and medalist of the World and European Shooting Championships.

Sports career

Florescu competed at the Olympics twice for Romania, competing in trap 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Florescu participated at the World Shooting Championships three times, each time gaining a medal. In 1958, his team won bronze in skeet, 1966, his team won silver in trap, 1971, he won bronze in trap, and in 1966, during the European Championship he and his team won silver in trap.

Florescu's teammates were Ion Dumitrescu, Gheorghe Enache, and Ștefan Popovici  [ pl ].

Performance

Olympic Games

Games	Competition	Points	Place	Source
1968 Summer Olympics	Trap	191	21	[2]
1972 Summer Olympics	Trap	190	14	[3]

World Championship

Games	Competition	Points	Place	Source
Moscow 1958	Skeet, team	377 (team)		[4]
Wiesbaden 1966	Trap, team	764 (team)		[4]
Bologna 1971	Trap	187		[4]

European Championship

Games	Competition	Points	Place	Source
Lahti 1966	Trap, team	?		[5]

References

1. "Gheorghe Florescu". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
2. "Olympedia – Trap, Open". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
3. "Olympedia – Trap, Open". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
4. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.issf-shooting.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
5. "Medaliaţi la Campionatele Europene". Federaţia Română de Tir Sportiv (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2025.

External links

• Gheorghe Florescu at Olympedia