Vasile Usturoi (born 3 April 1997) is a Romanian-born Belgian amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 2022 European Championships.[1] For the first time since 1951, Usturoi ensured that a European boxing title came into the hands of a Belgian. Usturoi earned an Olympic quota spot for Belgium for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France reaching the semi-finals at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland.[2] At the Olympics Usturoi, hampered by having contracted the Corona virus just two weeks earlier, lost his first bout.[3]
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| Born | 3 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editBorn in Romania, Usturoi moved to Belgium when he was 12. He is a football fan and a supporter of team Steaua București. Usturoi means garlic in Romanian language.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Vasile Usturoi". BoxRec. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ "36 boxers from 17 countries qualify for Paris 2024 Olympic Games on busy day of quarter-final action at European Games 2023". www.worldboxing.org. June 29, 2023.
- ^ "JO 2024: la déception est tout aussi grande pour Hubert Fierens, l'entraîneur du boxeur belge Vasile Usturoi" [Olympic Games 2024: the disappointment is just as great for Hubert Fierens, the coach of Belgian boxer Vasile Usturoi]. www.worldboxing.org. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "VIDEO Echipa din Liga 1 care l-a cucerit pe Vasile Usturoi, românul care face senzație sub steagul Belgiei: "Am fost pe stadion. WOW!"". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). June 7, 2022.
External links
edit- Vasile Usturoi at BoxRec (registration required)
- Vasile Usturoi at Olympics.com
- Vasile Usturoi at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
