![]() Rusu at the 1980 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 2 February 1956 68) Rădăuţi, Romania [1] | (age|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Metalul București CSA Steaua București CS Dinamo București [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Virgil Gherasim Ion Cernea Pavel Nicolae Simion Popescu [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ştefan Rusu (born 2 February 1956) is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won a silver, a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. [1] He also won world titles in different weight divisions in 1978 and 1982 and European titles in 1978–1981 and 1985. [2] After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach in Romania and in Turkey. [3]
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