Ruslan Bodișteanu (born 15 May 1977) is a Moldovan freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's lightweight and welterweight categories.[1] He has held two World Junior Championship titles (1994 and 1997), and later represented his nation Moldova in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Throughout his sporting career, Bodisteanu has been training under his personal coach and mentor Nicolae Oreol for the Olympic Sports Club (Romanian: Olimpiu de club sportiv) in Chișinău before he became an assistant coach of the national wrestling team.[2] Bodisteanu is also the twin brother of Moldova's current youth and sports minister Octavian Bodişteanu.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ruslan Bodișteanu |
| Nationality |  Moldova |
| Born | 15 May 1977 Fundul Galbenei, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Style | Freestyle |
| Club | Olimpia Chișinău Dinamo Chișinău |
| Coach | Nicolae Oreol |
Bodisteanu made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's lightweight division (63 kg). Fighting against Bulgaria's Serafim Barzakov and Germany's Jürgen Scheibe in the preliminary pool, Bodisteanu scored a total of five classification and eleven technical points to claim a second spot and tenth overall from the standings, but narrowly missed the knockout stages.[4][5]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Bodisteanu qualified for the Moldovan squad, as a 27-year-old, in the men's welterweight class (66 kg) by placing sixth from the European Qualification Tournament in Ankara, Turkey.[6] He was placed by a random draw into a three-man preliminary pool against Azerbaijan's Elman Asgarov and United States' Jamill Kelly. At the end of the pool, Bodisteanu could not generate a blistering record from Sydney with two straight losses each to Asgarov (3–7) and Kelly (0–3) on three technical points, finishing only in third place and nineteenth overall in the final standings.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ruslan Bodişteanu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Octavian Ticu faces lawsuit for slander". Info-Prim-Neo. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Octavian Bodişteanu, noul ministru al Tineretului şi Sportului" [Octavian Bodişteanu, the new Minister of Youth and Sports] (in Romanian). Jurnal TV. 30 May 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (18 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. in men's freestyle". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Wrestling – Lightweight Freestyle (63kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 124–125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Minderde 1 yarım 2 çeyrek final" [One half-second quarter-final on the mat] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 24 April 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (27 August 2004). "U.S. sweeps five matches to open Olympic freestyle wrestling competition". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 66kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
External links
edit- Ruslan Bodișteanu at the International Wrestling Database
- Ruslan Bodișteanu at Olympedia
