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Mircea Dobrescu

Personal information
Born	5 September 1930 Cotorca, Buzău [ro], Romania
Died	6 August 2015 (aged 84)
Height	150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Steaua București
Coached by	Constantin Nour
Medal record Representing  Romania Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships 1952 Bucharest -51 kg 1953 Galați, Brașov and Bucharest -51 kg 1955 Bucharest -51 kg 1957 Bucharest -51 kg 1959 Bucharest -51 kg 1960 Bucharest -51 kg 1961 Bucharest -51 kg Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne -51 kg European Amateur Boxing Championships 1955 West Berlin -51 kg 1957 Prague -51 kg

Mircea Dobrescu (5 September 1930 – 6 August 2015) was a flyweight boxer from Romania. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1956, losing to Terence Spinks on points. He won two more silver medals at the European championships in 1955 and 1957.

Dobrescu took up boxing in 1948 and retired in 1982 after winning six national flyweight titles, winning in 1953 against his brother Constantin. He inherited glaucoma from his mother, which resulted in blindness during his last years.

1956 Olympic results

Below are Mircea Dobrescu's results from the flyweight division at the 1956 Olympic boxing tournament in Melbourne:

• Round of 16: defeated Federico Bonus (Philippines) on points
• Quarterfinal: defeated Ray Perez (USA) on points
• Semifinal: defeated John Caldwell (Ireland) on points
• Final: lost to Terence Spinks (Great Britain) on points (was awarded silver medal)

References

1. ^ "Hercule de buzunar" (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 April 2014.
2. Mircea Dobrescu. sports-reference.com
3. "1953 Romanian National Championships". Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

External links

• Boxing record for Mircea Dobrescu from BoxRec (registration required)
• 1952 Romanian National Championships
• 1953 Romanian National Championships
• 1955 Romanian National Championships
• 1957 Romanian National Championships
• 1959 Romanian National Championships
• 1960 Romanian National Championships
• 1961 Romanian National Championships

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