Rudel Obreja

Rudel Obreja
Personal information
Full nameRudel Ionel Obreja
NationalityRomanian
Born(1965-08-06)6 August 1965
Galați, Romania
Died12 March 2023(2023-03-12) (aged 57)
Bucharest, Romania
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Romania
Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships
1984 BucharestWelterweight
1987 BucharestLight middleweight
1988 ConstanțaLight middleweight
1989 BucharestLight middleweight
World Amateur Championships
1989 MoscowLight middleweight
European Amateur Championships
1989 AthensLight middleweight

Rudel Obreja (6 August 1965 – 12 March 2023) was a Romanian boxer and businessman. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Obreja also won four national senior titles, a bronze medal at the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships and a silver medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships. He was the president of the Romanian Boxing Federation between 2004 and 2012. In 2007, he was elected vice president of AIBA, and was the chief technical officer for amateur boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

In 2018, Obreja was sentenced to 5 years in prison for money laundering, tax evasion and bribery. In 2022, he was released to undergo cancer treatment in a non-prison hospital. He died on 12 March 2023, at age 57.