Iulian Teodosiu (born 30 September 1994) is a Romanian

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fencer, winning a team silver medal in the

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Career

Teodosiu took up fencing at the age of 9 after coaches from his local club, CSS Slobozia, came at his school to do a presentation. He describes this first contact as "love at first sight". Teodosiu practiced sabre along with future teammate

Alin Badea Alin Badea (born 1 June 1988) is a Romanian sabre fencer, who won the team silver medal in the 2013 World championships. Biography Badea began fencing at age 10 at his local club, CS Slobozia, under coach Marin Mihăiță. In 2008 he transferr ...

under coaches Marin Mihăiță and Marius Pușcașu. Teodosiu joined the national team at the age of 18, after the

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, when three of its four members retired from sport. His first competition with the team was the Madrid World Cup, where Romania earned a bronze medal. Mădălin Bucur was selected in his place for the

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in Zagreb, but head coach Mihai Covaliu called him back as reserve for the

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in Budapest. In the individual event, he was eliminated in the table of 64 by Valery Pryiemka of Belarus. In the team event, Romania defeated Australia, then Poland, and hosts Hungary to meet Belarus in the semi-final. Teodosiu entered the piste on 30-24 for Belarus and defeated Aliaksei Likhacheuski 11–4 to give his team the lead. Romania finally prevailed 45–44. In the final against Russia, Teodosiu lost 5–7 his first relay against Nikolay Kovalev, as well his second, with 4–6 against newly crowned World champion Veniamin Reshetnikov. Romania were defeated 45–38 and took the silver medal. Teodosiu joined CS Dinamo in the 2013–14 season. With his new club he won the European Champion Clubs' Cup in Gödöllő, closing the final against Hungary's

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after his captain Tiberiu Dolniceanu was injured. In the

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in Strasbourg, Teodosiu lost in the table of 64 against Hungary's Tamás Decsi. In the team event, Romania met Belarus in the quarter-finals. Teodosiu entered the last leg on 40–42 to replace injured

. He could not prevent Aliaksandr Buikevich from closing 45–41. Romania then entered the placement rounds and defeated Ukraine and Hungary to finish No.5. In the

in Kazan, Teodosiu was eliminated in the table of 64 by Veniamin Reshetnikov. In the team event, Romania met Olympic champion South Korea in the quarter-finals. Teodosiu gave his team an early lead, which he later consolidated against Won Woo-young, but Romania were eventually defeated 45–41 and finished 7th after the placement rounds. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's sabre event at the

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held in Cairo, Egypt. Teodosiu graduated from National College Mihai Viteazul in Slobozia. He studies psychology.

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at the European Fencing Confederation {{DEFAULTSORT:Teodosiu, Iulian 1994 births Living people Romanian male fencers Romanian sabre fencers People from Slobozia Fencers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in fencing European Games silver medalists for Romania Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Romania World Fencing Championships medalists 21st-century Romanian sportsmen Sportspeople from Ialomița County Fencers at the 2023 European Games