Name Ion Draica | Role Olympic athlete | |
Olympic medals Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight | ||
Ion Draica (born 5 January 1958) is a retired miidleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He won the world title in 1978, the European title in 1977–1979 and an Olympic gold medal in 1984.
Draica spent his entire career with the club Farul Constanţa, and after retiring from competitions became its president. In 2000 he was also appointed as president of Romanian Federation of Wrestling. In parallel he was involved in questionable business activities, which resulted in large debts and divorce with his wife Daniela.
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