Virgil Sălișcan

Virgil Sălișcan
Born (1984-05-26) 26 May 1984
Ploiești, Romania
Weapon(s) Foil
Hand Left-handed
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Club CSA Steaua București
Head coach(es) Romică Molea
Retired 2013
FIE Ranking ranking (archive)

Virgil Sălișcan (born May 26, 1984 in Ploiești) is a Romanian foil fencer.[1]

Saliscan is a member of CSA Steaua in Bucharest and is coached by Molea Romica. He earned a bronze medal at the 2002 Junior European Championships in Conegliano and reached a quarter-final at the 2003 Junior World Championships in Trapani. That same season, he began fencing in the senior category. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by earning a bronze medal in the qualifying tournament in Lisbon.[2] where he competed in the individual foil event. He lost the first preliminary match to Great Britain's Richard Kruse, with a score of 6–15.[3][4]

Sălișcan retired from competition after the 2012–13 season and became a coach at CSA Steaua.

References

  1. "Virgil Saliscan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. Alexandru Enciu (1 May 2008). "Virgil Sălișcan s-a calificat la JO de la Beijing". ProSport.
  3. "Men's Individual Foil – Round of 32". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  4. Chesterton, George (13 August 2008). "Olympics: day five - as it happened!". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 December 2012.

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