Mărgărit Blăgescu

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameMărgărit•Blăgescu
Used nameMărgărit•Blăgescu
Born26 August 1925 in Oancea, Galați (ROU)
DiedMarch 2004
NOC Romania

Biography

Domestically, Mărgărit Blăgescu was best known as a rugby union player and he represented Romania internationally eight times in that sport between 1952 and 1957, in addition to playing for the military for several additional years. At the Olympics, however, he took part in the bobsleigh tournament at the 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo Games and placed 14th in the two-man, with Heinrich Enea, and the four-man, alongside Enea, Dumitru Frățilă, Nicolae Moiceanu, and Dumitru Peteu. For his contributions to sport, he received Romania’s Sports Merit Order, 2nd class. In addition to serving in the army, by career Blăgescu was an economist and a sports teacher.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1956 Winter Olympics Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) ROU Mărgărit Blăgescu
Two, Men (Olympic) Heinrich Enea 14
Four, Men (Olympic) Romania 1 14