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Born | Scăiuş, Caraș-Severin County, Romania | 26 March 1935|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 November 2017 82) Chomutov, Czech Republic | (aged|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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