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Ion Panțuru

1934 - 2016

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Ion Panţuru (11 September 1934 – 17 January 2016) was a Romanian bobsledder. He competed in two-man and four-man events at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and served as the Olympic flag bearer for Romania in 1964 and 1972. Panţuru took up bobsleigh at the age of 24, after playing as a football goalkeeper at the Divizia B-level. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ion Panțuru has received more than 13,067 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ion Panțuru is the 1,304th most popular athlete, the 463rd most popular biography from Romania and the 19th most popular Romanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ion Panțuru ranks 1,304 out of 6,025Before him are Károly Wieland, John Hansen, Boris Melnikov, Velimir Valenta, Georges Johin, and Bohumil Kudrna. After him are Petar Šegvić, Kaarlo Maaninka, Hugo Strauß, Joseph Ryan, Lennart Klingström, and Nadezhda Tkachenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ion Panțuru ranks 457Before him are Tamara Manina, King Curtis, Richard Briers, Carmine Caridi, Peter McParland, and Károly Wieland. After him are Timothy West, Jimmy Garrison, Sylvia Syms, Ruskin Bond, Gerry Hitchens, and Mark Strand. Among people deceased in 2016, Ion Panțuru ranks 450Before him are Jean-Marie Doré, John Urry, Kazimierz Barburski, Tammy Grimes, Armando Tobar, and Hanoi Hannah. After him are Luděk Macela, Solomon Marcus, Allan Williams, Dan Haggerty, Gurdial Singh, and Rafael Iriondo.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Panțuru ranks 463 out of 844Before him are Ilie Subășeanu (1906), Lajos Keresztes (1900), Constantin Alexandru (1953), Dorin Mateuț (1965), Valeriu Bularca (1931), and Ernst Lörtscher (1913). After him are Pavel Badea (1967), Solomon Marcus (1925), Gabriel Popescu (1973), Nicolae Martinescu (1940), Ioachim Moldoveanu (1913), and Gheorghe Mironescu (1874).

Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Ion Panțuru ranks 19Before him are Dumitru Pârvulescu (1933), Leon Rotman (1934), Atanase Sciotnic (1942), Valeria Bufanu (1946), Constantin Alexandru (1953), and Valeriu Bularca (1931). After him are Ion Drîmbă (1942), Ghiță Licu (1945), Adriana Bazon (1963), Gabriela Szabo (1975), Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (1962), and Vasile Tiță (1928).