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Full name | Victor Dan Găureanu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Coțușca, Romania | 15 November 1967|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 May 2017 Craiova, Romania | (aged 49)|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National coach | Alexandru Chiculiță | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | ranking (archive) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Victor Dan Găureanu, better known as Dan Găureanu (15 November 1967 – 20 May 2017) was a Romanian fencer.
He competed in the sabre events at the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics. [1] He won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Fencing Championships after he was defeated by Wiradech Kothny, who eventually won the gold medal. [2] As part of the Romanian team he earned two bronze medals at the World Championships.
He died on 20 May 2017. [3]