Constantin Nour
Constantin Nour (June 13, 1906[1] or June 15, 1907,[2] Tiraspol - November 17, 1986) was a Romanian champion middleweight boxer and national team trainer.
In 1926, he won the Romanian national championship in the middleweight category.[3]
Nour, who was a so-called Honored Trainer ("Antrenor emerit"), trained both the Romanian national junior and the senior teams.[4]
Disciples
- Olympic champions Nicolae Linca and Ion Monea
- Olympic silver medal winners Mircea Şimon[5] and Mircea Dobrescu[6]
- European triple champion (flyweight, super flyweight and bantamweight) Lucian Popescu[7]
Legacy
His old club, Dinamo Bucharest, has a boxing gym named in his honor.[8]
Awards
- Honored Trainer ("Antrenor emerit")[9]
- In 1976, he was awarded the title Meritul Sportiv Cl. II ("The Sport Merit, Second Class").[10]
References
- ↑ "Calendar" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Constantin Nour". Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ↑ "ISTORIA BOXULUI ROMÂNESC: Primul, prima, primii primele" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ↑ "EPOCA INTERBELICĂ (CONTINUARE)" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Mircea Şimon – Românul care a rezistat două reprize în faţa lui Stevenson" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Hercule de buzunar" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Lucian Popescu şi cele trei centuri europene" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 2014. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Dinamo a inaugurat sala de box "Constantin Nour"" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Antrenori" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Decretul nr. 250/1976 privind conferirea de distinctii ale Republicii Socialiste Romania unor sportivi, antrenori si activisti din domeniul educatiei fizice si sportului" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 5, 2014.
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