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# Maria Zuchowicz

Maria Zuchowicz (born in Poznań, in 1930 – 24 November 2020) was a Polish lawyer and figure skating official. She was Chairperson of Appeal Commission of the International Skating Union and Vice-President of the Polish Figure Skating Associations. She was also international skating judge including as a judge and referee of the Olympic Games in Grenoble, Innsbruck, Sapporo and Calgary.
A Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Winter Olympic Games, Nagano, 1998, Ms. Zuchowicz was also President and arbitrator of the Court of Sport of the Polish Olympic Committee and arbitrator of the Football amicable Court of the Polish Football Union.
She has been commenting on figure skating events for the Polish national television (TVP) and was a judge in the first (autumn 2007) and second (spring 2008) Polish edition of the Dancing on Ice.

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# De Villiers Graaff High School

De Villiers Graaff High School is an academic state secondary school in Villiersdorp, a small town approximately 150 km from Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1872 and is also known by the acronym "DVG".

## History

Though officially established in 1872, Sir David de Villiers Graaff and his brother Jacobus, financed the construction of the High School in 1907 with the Dutch style buildings being designed by Cape Town architectural firm Parker and Forsyth. Together the Graaff brothers established a GB£100 000 (equivalent to £41,100,000 or R471,195,167 in 2010) endowment fund for the school. Originally consisting of three boys boarding houses, Malherbe House, Graaff Hall and du Raan (which housed high as well as primary school children), and one girls boarding house, Theresa House (which also housed high and primary school girls), in the last 15–20 years only du Raan and Theresa remain operational.

## Culture

The school offers a range of cultural and social activities and societies.
On a social level, annual activities include the Matric Ball, Mr and Ms DVG, a Valentine’s dinner social and the Oscadis review concert. Culturally, the school offers Religious Youth Action, choir, first aid, drama, debate and the Representative Student Counsel.

## Sports

De Villiers Graaff has a proud sporting history beginning with inter school colour competitiveness and extending to rival schools like Hermanus, Caledon, Worcester and even as far as Bellville and Stellenbosch. With sports like Rugby, Netball, Hockey, Athletics, Cricket, Tennis and Swimming, the school has seen a few notable achievers pass through its doors.

## Notable alumni

* Colin Eglin, politician

## Gallery

* The boys hostel, du Raan House
* The girls hostel, Theresa House
* The vacant Malherbe House
* The discontinued Graaff Hall
# Esther Obeng Dapaah

Esther Obeng Dapaah (born 9 May 1945) is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. She was the member of parliament for Abirem constituency in the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.

## Early life and education

Dapaah comes from Nkwarteng, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. She was born on 9 May 1945. She had her bachelor of laws from Chelmer Institute of Education in Essex, England, in 1977. She received a bachelor of law from Lincoln's Inn in 1978 and from the Ghana School of Law in 1979.

## Employment

Obeng Dapaah is a lawyer by profession. She has worked in the London Borough of Newham as a rent enforcement officer.

## Political career

She is a member of the New Patriotic Party. She served under John Agyekum Kufuor as a minister of lands, forests and mines. She has been the member of Parliament for the Abirem constituency in Ghana since 2004. She was once chairman of the Committee for Women and Children and currently a member of the Committee for Constitutional and Legal Affairs. She was also a member of the Pan-African Parliament.

## Elections

Obeng Dapaah was elected as the member of Parliament for the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic for the Abirem constituency in the 2008 Ghanaian general elections. She was elected with 13,319 votes out of the 21,962 valid votes cast, equivalent to 60.6% of the total valid votes.

## Personal life

Esther is a Christian and a member of the Church of Pentecost. She is single with three children.
# Kevin Bolger

Kevin Bolger (born April 11, 1993) is an American cross-country skier. He competed in the sprint at the 2022 Winter Olympics, the first time four male American skiers have qualified. He competed collegiately for the University of Utah where he was named to the 2016 NCAA Skiing All-Americans Second Team.

## Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

### Olympic Games

| Year | Age | 15 km  individual | 30 km  skiathlon | 50 km  mass start | Sprint | 4 × 10 km  relay | Team  sprint |
| 2022 | 28 | — | — | — | 17 | 9 | — |
$^a$ Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.

### World Championships

| Year | Age | 15 km  individual | skiathlon | 50 km  mass start | Sprint | relay | Team  sprint |
| 2019 | 25 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — |
| 2021 | 27 | — | — | — | 35 | — | — |
| 2023 | 29 | — | — | — | 44 | — | — |
| 2025 | 31 | | 31 | 22 | | 7 | |

### World Cup
#### Season standings

| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Discipline standings | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | Ski Tour standings | Ski Tour standings | Ski Tour standings |
| Season | Age | Overall | Distance | Sprint | Nordic Opening | Tour de Ski | Ski Tour 2020 | World Cup Final |
| 2018 | 24 | 102 | NC | 50 | — | — | — | 60 |
| 2019 | 25 | 112 | NC | 60 | 59 | DNF | — | 44 |
| 2020 | 26 | 87 | NC | 51 | 66 | DNF | DNF | — |
| 2021 | 27 | 52 | NC | 16 | 63 | 48 | — | — |
| 2022 | 28 | 75 | 99 | 41 | — | DNF | — | — |
| 2023 | 29 | 90 | NC | 40 | — | DNF | — | — |
# Cristian Ciobanu

Cristian Ciobanu (born 3 July 1994) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga II club CSM Focșani.

## Honours

Concordia Chiajna
* Cupa Ligii runner-up: 2015–16
Turris Turnu Măgurele
* Liga III: 2018–19
# Tamar (given name)

Tamar (Hebrew: תָּמָר) is a female given name of Hebrew origin, meaning "date" (the fruit), "date palm" or just "palm tree". In the Bible, Tamar refers to two women: one is the daughter-in-law of Judah, Tamar, and the other is the daughter of King David and full sister of Absalom, Tamar. The latter was raped by her half-brother Amnon, leading Absalom to eventually kill him. Absalom named his daughter Tamar, described as a woman of great beauty. For a period, Tamar held the top spot for girls' names in Israel, and dropped to second in 2022.
Tamar was also among the Biblical names used by Puritans in the American Colonial Era in the 17th and 18th centuries. Puritan families sometimes used names of Biblical characters seen as sinful as a reminder of man's fallen state.

## People with the given name Tamar

* Tamar (Genesis), daughter-in-law of Judah in the Bible
* Tamar (daughter of David), daughter of King David and full sister of his son Absalom in the Bible
* Tamar, daughter of David's son Absalom
* Tamar of Georgia (1160–1213), Georgian queen
* Tamar of Imereti (died 1455), Georgian queen consort of the Kingdom of Georgia
* Tamar of Imereti (died 1556), Georgian queen consort of the Kingdom of Kartli
* Tamar of Kartli (1696–1746), Georgian queen
* Tamar of Mukhrani (died 1683), Georgian princess
* Támar (born 1980), American singer
* Tamar Abakelia (1905–1953), Georgian artist
* Tamar Ariav (born 1949), Israeli professor of education and President of Beit Berl College
* Tamar Amilakhori (fl. 17th-century), Safavid concubine of Georgian origin
* Tamar Beruchashvili (born 1961), Georgian politician
* Tamar Braxton (born 1977), American singer
* Tamar Eilam, Israeli-American computer scientist
* Tamar Garb (born 1957), British art historian
* Tamar Gendler (born 1965), American philosopher
* Tamar Gozansky (born 1940), Israeli politician
* Tamar Halperin (born 1976), Israeli musician
* Tamar Hermann (born 1957), Israeli political scientist
* Tamar Jacoby (born 1954), American writer
* Tamar Kaprelian (born 1986), American singer
* Tamar Katz (born 1988), Israeli figure skater
* Tamar Sanikidze (born 1978), Georgian politician
* Tamar Simon Hoffs (born 1934), American film director
* Tamar Slay (born 1980), American basketball player
* Tamar Tatuashvili (born 1991), Georgian football player
* Tamar Tavadze (1898–1975), Georgian artist
* Tamar Tumanyan (1907–1989), Soviet Armenian architect
* Tamar Zandberg (born 1976), Israeli politician

## Fictional characters

* Hilary Tamar, fictional character in the novels of Sarah Caudwell
* Tamar Cauldwell, the central character in the epic poem Tamar by Robinson Jeffers
* Tamar Kir-Bataar, a character from the Grishaverse book series by Leigh Bardugo.
# Peng Peng

Peng Peng (Chinese: 彭鹏; born 24 November 2000) is a Chinese professional footballer currently playing as a goalkeeper for Shenzhen Peng City.

## Club career

Peng joined Shanghai Shenhua's youth academy in 2018 after the club bought Genbao Football Base's under-19 players. He would be loaned out to second tier club Shanghai Shenxin for the 2019 China League One season, where he would make is professional debut on 9 March 2019 against Changchun Yatai in a 4-1 defeat. His loan was terminated early and he subsequently joined another second tier club in Qingdao Huanghai on 19 July 2019. His season would end early after he broke his toe after only his second appearance for the team, however despite his small contribution he was part of the team achieved promotion to the Chinese Super League at the end of the season.
On 8 January 2020, Peng joined China League Two club Kunshan permanently. The team would eventually receive a late promotion and participated the 2020 China League One following the disbandment of Tianjin Tianhai. Peng would make his debut in a league game on 13 September 2020 against Sichuan Jiuniu in a 2-0 victory. He would go on to take the opportunity to establish himself as a vital member within the team that won the division and promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One campaign.

## Career statistics

    As of 3 August 2024.
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shanghai Shenxin (loan) | 2019 | China League One | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| Qingdao Huanghai (loan) | 2019 | China League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Kunshan | 2020 | China League One | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 0 |
| Kunshan | 2021 | China League One | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 0 |
| Kunshan | 2022 | China League One | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 0 |
| Kunshan | Total | Total | 68 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 |
| Henan | 2023 | Chinese Super League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| Shenzhen Peng City | 2024 | Chinese Super League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 98 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0 |

## Honours
### Club

Qingdao Huanghai
* China League One: 2019
Kunshan
* China League One: 2022
# Nikolai Vorobyov (footballer)

Nikolai Vasilyevich Vorobyov (Russian: Николай Васильевич Воробьёв; born 21 May 1960 in Leningrad now St. Petersburg) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.
He worked as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg.

## Honours

* Soviet Top League champion: 1984.
* USSR Federation Cup finalist: 1986.

## European club competitions

With FC Zenit St. Petersburg.
* UEFA Cup 1987–88: 2 games.
* UEFA Cup 1989–90: 4 games.
# Niu Ziyi

Niu Ziyi (Chinese: 牛梓屹; born 21 September 1999) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a defender for Henan FC.

## Club career

Niu Ziyi was promoted to the senior team of Henan Jianye (now known as Henan) within the 2020 Chinese Super League season and would make his debut in league game on 14 August 2020 against Guangzhou Evergrande in a 3-1 defeat where he came on as a substitute for Abduwali Ablet.

## Career statistics

    As of 31 December 2022
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Henan Jianye/ Henan | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 0 |
| Henan Jianye/ Henan | 2021 | Chinese Super League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 |
| Henan Jianye/ Henan | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Henan Jianye/ Henan | Total | Total | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
# Nurdin Hrustic

Nurdin Hrustic (born November 5, 1988) is a Bosnian retired footballer who last played for Jacksonville Armada FC in the North American Soccer League.

## Club career

Hrustic played one year of college soccer at Jacksonville University in 2008 and 2009, before joining the youth side of VfL Bochum, where he played until 2011. He spent a season with KFC Uerdingen 05, before moving back to the United States where trialled with USL Pro side Charleston Battery and eventually signed with NPSL club Jacksonville United in 2014.
Hrustic signed with North American Soccer League club Jacksonville Armada on January 14, 2015. He was released on February 4, 2016.

## Personal life

He now works as a Mortgage Loan Processor in Jacksonville.
# Pavel Khalkiopov

Pavel Vasilyevich Khalkiopov (Russian: Павел Васильевич Халкиопов; 1905 in Moscow – 2 September 1968 in Moscow) was a Soviet Russian football player and coach.
# Petro Kushlyk

Petro Ivanovych Kushlyk (Ukrainian: Петро Іванович Кушлик; born 22 March 1951) is a former Soviet football defender and a Ukrainian coach.
# Ridha El Louze

Ridha El Louze (born 27 April 1953) is a Tunisian football defender who played for Sfax Railways Sports and the Tunisia national team. He was part of the Tunisian squad that participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
# Senad Saletović

Senad Saletović (born 1 January 1968) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired football defender.

## Club career

After playing in lower-league side Krivaja Zavidovići he moved to FK Bor playing in third level. His good performances there made him a move at the winter-break of the 1990–91 season to the Yugoslav First League side FK Radnički Niš.
# Sergei Kolotovkin

Sergei Viktorovich Kolotovkin (Russian: Серге́й Викторович Колотовкин; born 28 September 1965) is a retired Soviet and Russian football player and coach. He last worked as the manager of the Russian Second Division club FC Reutov.

## Club career

Kolotovkin played in the Soviet Top League (and later, Russian Top League) with FC Zenit Leningrad, PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Tyumen and Rostelmash Rostov. He played in 157 league matches before he scored his first goal (for Rostelmash in May 1999).

## Honours

* Soviet Union championship winner: 1991.
* Soviet Union cup winner: 1991.

## International career

Kolotovkin played his first game for Russia on 16 August 1992 in a friendly against Mexico.
# Jacques Doucet (sailor)

Jacques Doucet (19 February 1853 in Paris – 30 October 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
He was the crew member of the French boat Favorite 1, which won two silver medals in the races of the 2 to 3 ton class. He also participated in the Open class, but did not finish the race.
A memoir by the French painter Charles Picart Le Doux suggests that Doucet did not survive World War I.
# Derwyn Jones (bishop)

Derwyn Dixon Jones DD (5 August 1925 – 8 March 2005) was an eminent Anglican priest and bishop in the second half of the 20th century.
He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 5 August 1925. His father was Walter Jones, priest and Doctor of Divinity. He was educated at the University of Western Ontario, and was ordained in 1947. He held curacies at Holy Trinity, Winnipeg and All Saints', Windsor. He was Rector of St Andrew's, Kitchener and then Assistant Rector at St Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario. After further incumbencies at the Canon Davis Memorial Church, Sarnia, St Barnabas, Windsor, St Peter's, Brockville and St James, Westminster he became Archdeacon of Middlesex. He was suffragan bishop of Huron in 1982, coadjutor in 1983 and diocesan from 1984 to 1990. After having gained, at some point, a Doctorate of Divinity (DD), he died on 8 March 2005.
# Davis Atkin

Davis Atkin (born 17 February 2001) is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a midfielder.

## Personal life

In 2023, Davis Atkin became the first openly gay male field hockey player to compete at an international level.
He is a student at the University of Western Australia.

## Career
### Under–21

In 2022, Atkin made his debut for the Australia U–21 team during the Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra.

### Kookaburras

Following a successful domestic league and junior appearance, Atkin was called into the Kookaburras squad for the first time in 2023. He made his international debut during season three of the FIH Pro League in Rourkela.
# Static & Silence

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| The Guardian | |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| NME | 3/10 |
| Pitchfork | 8.8/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Select | 4/5 |
| The Times | 8/10 |
| USA Today | |
Static & Silence is the third and final studio album by English alternative rock band The Sundays. It was released in the UK by Parlophone on 22 September 1997 and in the US by Geffen on 23 September 1997. The title is a quote from the album's final track, "Monochrome," and the album's cover photo refers to the subject of "Monochrome," the TV screening of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Guitarist and leader David Gavurin has said that by the time of the recording of Static & Silence, the band had mellowed somewhat with age. He and his wife, Harriet Wheeler, were influenced more by Van Morrison, who gave some songs on the album their folk-rock bent ("Folk Song" even quotes from Morrison's "And It Stoned Me"). The couple had also been listening to Frank Sinatra songs and 1960s French film music.
Kevin Jamieson, who performed some percussion work on the album, joined The Sundays as a backup guitarist during their UK and US album support tour. He is perhaps best known for his prior work as the lead singer for Jim Jiminee.

## Singles

Lead single "Summertime" charted at No. 15 in the UK Singles Chart, making it their highest-charting single in their home country, at No. 10 and 13 on the US Modern Rock and Adult Top 40 charts, respectively, and at No. 41 in Australia. The Second single, "Cry," peaked at No. 44 on the UK Singles Chart.

## Track listing

All songs written by David Gavurin and Harriet Wheeler.

## Personnel

* Harriet Wheeler – vocals, string arrangements and orchestration, brass and flute orchestration
* David Gavurin – guitar, Hammond organ, piano, percussion, string arrangements and orchestration, brass and flute arrangements and orchestration
* Paul Brindley – bass
* Patrick Hannan – drums
* Dave Anderson – Hammond organ, piano
* Kev Jamieson – Hammond organ, piano
* Martin Ditcham – percussion
* Dave Pulfreman – percussion
* Audrey Riley – string arrangements and orchestration
* Martin Green – brass and flute arrangements and orchestration

## Charts

Chart performance for Static & Silence :
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 45 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) | 33 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 10 |
| US Billboard 200 | 33 |
# Henri Verhavert

Henri William Joseph Verhavert (8 September 1874 – 9 August 1955) was a Belgian army officer and gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he won the bronze medal as member of the Belgian gymnastics team in the Swedish system event.
He served in the Belgian Army from 1894 until 1936, he was a member of Fortiification Commission, retiring with the rank of lieutenant general, and was briefly recalled in 1940.
# Thomas Poll

Thomas Poll (born 28 August 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for as a left-back for Eerste Divisie club Cambuur.

## Career
### Groningen

Born in Amsterdam, Poll moved with his family to Wehe-den Hoorn, Province of Groningen when he was 8 years old. He initially joined VV Eenrum and moved to VV Winsum only one year later. At the age of 14, Poll was admitted to the FC Groningen youth academy, and progressed through the youth teams.
He made his professional debut on 28 February 2020 as a starter in the Eredivisie match against Willem II. Groningen lost 1–3.
On 9 October 2020, Poll signed a new contract with Groningen until 2022. Three months later, he was sent on loan to Dordrecht for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. He made 18 appearances during his loan, making two assists.

### Almere City

On 31 August 2021, Poll signed a three-year contract with Eerste Divisie club Almere City. He made his debut on 10 September, coming on as a half-time substitute for Thibaut Lesquoy in a 1–1 draw against Telstar.
Poll scored his first goal on senior level against Jong AZ in stoppage time after coming on as a substitute for Lance Duijvestijn on 22 August 2022. On 30 September, he scored the late 2–1 winner in a league game against Roda JC Kerkrade.

### Cambuur

On 1 September 2023, Poll signed a two-year contract with Cambuur. The first year of the contract was a loan, followed by a permanent transfer for the 2024–25 season.

## Personal life

He is of Indonesian descent through his grandfather, who is from Bogor, West Java.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 11 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Jong Groningen | 2018–19 | Derde Divisie | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Groningen | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Groningen | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Groningen | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 |
| Dordrecht (loan) | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 0 |
| Almere City | 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 31 | 0 |
| Almere City | 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| Almere City | Total | Total | 55 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 62 | 3 |
| Cambuur (loan) | 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 0 |
| Cambuur | 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 2 |
| Cambuur | Total | Total | 49 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 53 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 130 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 141 | 5 |
* ↑ Jong FC Groningen was the reserve team of FC Groningen from 2002 to 2019.
* ↑ Appearances in Eredivisie promotion/relegation playoffs
# Marian Velicu

Marian Velicu (4 July 1977 – 10 July 2024) was a Romanian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland. A year later he captured the silver medal in the same weight division at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast.
Velicu represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was stopped in the second round of the Men's Light Flyweight division by Cuba's eventual bronze medalist Maikro Romero.
Velicu died on 10 July 2024, at the age of 47, after a long struggle with chronic kidney disease. He is widely regarded as a legend in the Berceni neighbourhood.