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Marian Velicu

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Marian Velicu
Personal information
Born(1977-07-04)4 July 1977
Comana, Giurgiu, Romania
Died10 July 2024(2024-07-10) (aged 47)
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Romania
World Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Belfast Light Flyweight
European Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Tampere Light Flyweight

Marian Velicu (4 July 1977 – 10 July 2024) was a Romanian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland. A year later he captured the silver medal in the same weight division at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast.

Velicu represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was stopped in the second round of the Men's Light Flyweight division by Cuba's eventual bronze medalist Maikro Romero.

Velicu died on 10 July 2024, at the age of 47.[1]

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Marian Velicu at Olympedia