Rudel Obreja
Personal information
Full nameRudel Ionel Obreja
NationalityRomanian
Born(1965-08-06)6 August 1965
Galați, Romania[1]
Died12 March 2023(2023-03-12) (aged 57)
Bucharest, Romania
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Romania
Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1984 Bucharest Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 1987 Bucharest Light middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1988 Constanța Light middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1989 Bucharest Light middleweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Moscow Light middleweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 Athens Light middleweight

Rudel Obreja (6 August 1965 – 12 March 2023) was a Romanian boxer and businessman.[1] He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2] Obreja also won four national senior titles, a bronze medal at the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships and a silver medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships. He was the president of the Romanian Boxing Federation between 2004 and 2012. In 2007, he was elected vice president of AIBA, and was the chief technical officer for amateur boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3]

Obreja died on 12 March 2023, at age 57.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rudel Obreja: "Gala de la Galati va fi un regal pugilistic!" Vezi ce personalitati din lumea boxului vor fi prezente" [Rudel Obreja: "The event in Galati will be a boxing show!" See which personalities from the world of boxing will be present] (in Romanian). Sptfm.ro. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rudel Obreja Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ex-Boxing federation head Rudel Obreja files criminal complaint against prosecutors in the "Bute Gala" file". The Romania Journal. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Cirican, Paul (12 March 2023). "A murit Rudel Obreja! Fostul boxer și președinte al federației s-a stins la 57 de ani". adevarul.ro. Retrieved 12 March 2023.


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