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Born | Întorsura Buzăului, Romania | 14 February 1931||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 February 2017 Brașov, Romania | (aged 85)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dinamo Brașov [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Valeriu Bularca (14 February 1931 – 7 February 2017) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1964. In 1961 he became the first Romanian wrestler to win a world title. [2] [3] Domestically he collected six national titles between 1957 and 1964. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach at CS Steagu Roșu in Brașov. [1]
He died in Brașov on 7 February 2017. [4]