Vasile Usturoi

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Vasile Usturoi
Born (1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 27)
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Weight(s) Featherweight
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
StanceSouthpaw
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Featherweight
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Yerevan Featherweight

Vasile Usturoi (born 3 April 1997) is a Romanian-born Belgian amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 2022 European Championships. [1] For the first time since 1951, Usturoi ensured that a European boxing title came into the hands of a Belgian. Usturoi earned an Olympic quota spot for Belgium for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France reaching the semi-finals at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland. [2] At the Olympics Usturoi, hampered by having contracted the Corona virus just two weeks earlier, lost his first bout. [3]

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Personal life

Born in Romania, Usturoi moved to Belgium when he was 12. He is a football fan and a supporter of team Steaua București. Usturoi means garlic in Romanian language. [4]

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References

  1. "Vasile Usturoi". BoxRec . Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  2. "36 boxers from 17 countries qualify for Paris 2024 Olympic Games on busy day of quarter-final action at European Games 2023". www.worldboxing.org. June 29, 2023.
  3. "JO 2024: la déception est tout aussi grande pour Hubert Fierens, l'entraîneur du boxeur belge Vasile Usturoi" [Olympic Games 2024: the disappointment is just as great for Hubert Fierens, the coach of Belgian boxer Vasile Usturoi]. www.worldboxing.org. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  4. "VIDEO Echipa din Liga 1 care l-a cucerit pe Vasile Usturoi, românul care face senzație sub steagul Belgiei: "Am fost pe stadion. WOW!"". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). June 7, 2022.