Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu


Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu is an amateur Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's heavyweight category. He is a member of CS Botoşani for the wrestling division, and is coached and trained by Victor Baciu.
Alexuc-Ciurariu represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 96 kg class. He lost the qualifying match to Albanian-born Bulgarian wrestler Elis Guri, who was able to score one point each in two straight periods, leaving Alexuc-Ciurariu without a single point.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he beat Hamdy El-Said before losing to Artur Aleksanyan in the quarter final. As Aleksanyan reached the final, Alexuc-Ciurariu was entered into the repechage, where he beat Daigoro Timoncini in a shut out, before losing in his bronze medal match to Cenk İldem.
At the 2018 European Championships, he competed in the 130 kg division. He beat Stepan David and Mantas Knystautas before losing to Rıza Kayaalp. As Kayaalp reached the final, Alexuc-Ciurariu was entered into the repechage. There, he won his bronze medal match against Bálint Lám.