{{short description|Romanian sabre fencer}} {{Infobox fencer | name = Alin Badea | image = Romania v Poland 2013 Fencing WCH SMS-EQ t102359.jpg | caption = Badea at the 2013 World Fencing Championships | nickname = Bădie | nationality = Romanian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|6|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Slobozia, Romania | height = 1.98 m | weight = | country = {{ROU}} | weapon = Sabre | hand = Right-handed | website = | club = CSA Steaua | natlcoach = Mihai Covaliu | formercoach = Marin Mihăiță | retired = | fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/16385 current ranking] | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Budapest|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Games}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Baku|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Toruń|Team}} }}
'''Alin Badea''' (born 1 June 1988) is a Romanian sabre fencer, who won the team silver medal in the 2013 World championships.
==Biography== Badea began fencing at age 10 at his local club, CS Slobozia, under coach Marin Mihăiță.<ref name="primadrag">{{cite web|url=http://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/altele/prima-dragoste-alin-badea-si-iulian-teodosiu-au-in-comun-mai-mult-decit-medalia-mondiala-de-argint-405877.html|title=Alin Badea şi Iulian Teodosiu au în comun mai mult decît medalia mondială de argint|author=Mirela Neag|work=Gazeta Sporturilor|date=13 August 2013|language=Romanian}}</ref> In 2008 he transferred to CSA Steaua in Bucharest.<ref name="primadrag" />
Badea joined Romania's national team after the 2012 Summer Olympics and the retirement of three team members.<ref name="Madrid13">{{cite web|url=http://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/altele/pe-podium-echipa-masculina-de-sabie-a-luat-bronzul-la-cupa-mondiala-de-la-madrid-390413.html|title=Echipa masculină de sabie a luat bronzul la Cupa Mondială de la Madrid|author=Roxana Fleșeru|work=Gazeta Sporturilor|date=12 February 2013|language=Romanian}}</ref> With Tiberiu Dolniceanu as captain, Romania won a bronze medal in Madrid, their first World Cup tournament with the new team.<ref name="Madrid13" /> For his first participation in World Championships, Badea made it to the table of 16, defeating world champion Aleksey Yakimenko along the way, before being stopped by Hungary's András Szatmári. In the team event, Badea proved instrumental in Romania's success. He entered the last relay in the quarter-final against host Hungary on 40–44 for the opposition and gave 2012 Olympic Champion Áron Szilágyi five hits in a row to win the match.<ref name="eroul">{{cite web|url=http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/scrima/alin-badea-a-fost-eroul-romaniei-arbitrul-ne-a-spus-ca-a-gresit-sase-tuse-11249070|title=Alin Badea a fost eroul României|author=Daniel Remes|work=ProSport|date=13 August 2013|language=Romanian}}</ref> Badea also fenced the last relay in the quarter-final against Belarus and gave the decisive hit again.<ref name="eroul" /> Romania met Russia in the final. Distanced after the third relay, they were defeated 45–38 and ended up with a silver medal.
In the 2013–14 season Badea was stopped in the second round of the European Championships by Russia's Kamil Ibragimov, who eventually won a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/scrima/tiberiu-dolniceanu-si-alin-badea-eliminati-in-turul-doi-la-campionatele-europene-de-scrima-12734044|title=Tiberiu Dolniceanu și Alin Badea, eliminați în turul doi la Campionatele Europene de scrimă|author=Traian Terzian|publisher=Mediafax|date=10 June 2014|language=ro}}</ref> In the team event, team captain Dolniceanu and Badea got injured and Romania ended up No.5. At the World Championships, Badea reached the table of 16, where he was overcome by Korea's Gu Bon-gil. In the team event, Romania were defeated in the quarter-finals by South Korea and finished No.7. Badea ranked No.28 at the end of the season, a career best.
At the beginning of the 2014–15 season Badea pulled off a surprise win against Dolniceanu to win the Romanian national championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sptfm.ro/2014/10/17/alin-badea-castiga-surprinzator-finala-de-sabie-cu-dolniceanu/|title=Alin Badea castiga surprinzător finala de sabie cu Dolniceanu!|author=Radu Levârdă|publisher=Sport Total FM|date=17 October 2014|access-date=18 October 2014|archive-date=26 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326182350/http://sptfm.ro/2014/10/17/alin-badea-castiga-surprinzator-finala-de-sabie-cu-dolniceanu/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{FIE|16385}} * {{EFC|00835492}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141026064628/http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/alin-badea archive])
{{DEFAULTSORT:Badea, Alin}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Romanian male fencers Category:Romanian sabre fencers Category:People from Slobozia Category:Fencers at the 2015 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 European Games Category:European Games medalists in fencing Category:European Games silver medalists for Romania Category:World Fencing Championships medalists Category:Sportspeople from Ialomița County Category:21st-century Romanian sportsmen