Vasile Andrei

Vasile Andrei

Vasile Andrei in 1984
Personal information
Born	28 July 1955 Albeşti, Romania
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Steaua, Bucureşti
Medal record Competitor for  Romania Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Heavyweight 1984 Los Angeles Heavyweight World Championships 1982 Katowice 100 kg 1986 Budapest 100 kg 1987 Clermont-Ferrand 100 kg

Vasile Andrei (born 28 July 1955) is a Romanian wrestler and Olympic Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. He won a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the heavyweight class (under 100 kg). In 1984 he also finished in sixth place in the super-heavyweight category. He competed in 1988 but failed to score.^[1] He was the flag bearer for Romania at the 1980 and 1988 Games.

Between 1979 and 1987 he won six medals at the world and European championships.^[2]

References

1. "Profile: Vasile Andrei". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
2. Andrei, Vasile (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de