Victor Florescu (born 5 October 1973) is a

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...

ka in the -90 kg category. He was at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

where he was defeated by Jean-Claude Raphael and won a silver medal at the

1999 World Judo Championships The 1999 World Judo Championships were the 21st edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Birmingham, Great Britain in 1999. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Results overview Men 60 kg 66 kg 73 kg 81 kg 90 kg ...

. He obtained the best result for Moldova at the world championships in judo to date.Denis Vieru wins victory at World Judo Championship
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* 1973 births Living people Moldovan male judoka Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Moldova 20th-century Moldovan people 21st-century Moldovan sportsmen {{Moldova-judo-bio-stub