Gheorghiță Ștefan (born 17 January 1986 in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

), also known as Ștefan Gheorghiță, is a freestyle wrestler from

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. He participated in men's freestyle 74 kg at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

. He lost the bronze medal fight against

Murad Gaidarov Murad Gaidarov (, ; born February 13, 1980), is a Belarusian wrestler. Gaidarov was disqualified from 2004 Summer Olympics for retaliating after he was defeated at the quarterfinals and assaulted his opponent, Buvaisar Saitiev, o ...

of Belorussia. However, after a positive doping test

Soslan Tigiev Soslan Tigiev (born October 12, 1983 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian and Uzbekistani wrestler who competed in the freestyle 74 kg category. He was the 2006 Asian Games bronze medalist. Tigiev was initially awarded a silver medal at the 2008 ...

of Uzbekistan was in November 2016 stripped of the silver medal. Ștefan Gheorghiță, therefore, moved up to a bronze medal position. In 2016, he married Romanian judoka

Corina Căprioriu Corina Căprioriu (; born 18 July 1986) is a Romanian judoka. She has competed under the name Corina Ștefan since her 2016 marriage to Romanian wrestler Gheorghiță Ștefan. Căprioriu won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She lo ...

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STEFAN Gheorghita (family name: STEFAN, given name: Gheorghita)
at Universiade 2013 1986 births Living people Romanian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists European Games competitors for Romania Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Summer World University Games medalists in wrestling FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Martial artists from Bucharest 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-wrestling-bio-stub