# Alin Badea > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alin_Badea > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alin_Badea.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alin_Badea > Source revision: 1316902565 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/2013_World_Fencing_Championships) | nickname = Bădie | nationality = Romanian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|6|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Slobozia](/source/Slobozia), [Romania](/source/Romania) | height = 1.98 m | weight = | country = {{ROU}} | weapon = [Sabre](/source/Sabre_(fencing)) | hand = Right-handed | website = | club = [CSA Steaua](/source/CSA_Steaua_Bucure%C8%99ti) | natlcoach = [Mihai Covaliu](/source/Mihai_Covaliu) | formercoach = Marin Mihăiță | retired = | fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/16385 current ranking] | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/World_Fencing_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver|[2013 Budapest](/source/2013_World_Fencing_Championships)|[Team](/source/Men's_team_sabre_at_the_2013_World_Fencing_Championships)}} {{MedalBronze|[2016 Rio de Janeiro](/source/2016_World_Fencing_Championships)|[Team](/source/Men's_team_sabre_at_the_2016_World_Fencing_Championships)}} {{MedalCompetition|[European Games](/source/European_Games)}} {{MedalSilver|[2015 Baku](/source/2015_European_Games)|[Team](/source/Fencing_at_the_2015_European_Games)}} {{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Fencing_Championships)}} {{MedalBronze|[2016 Toruń](/source/2016_European_Fencing_Championships)|Team}} }} '''Alin Badea''' (born 1 June 1988) is a Romanian [sabre](/source/Sabre_(fencing)) [fencer](/source/Fencing), who won the team silver medal in the [2013 World championships](/source/2013_World_Fencing_Championships). ==Biography== Badea began fencing at age 10 at his local club, CS Slobozia, under coach Marin Mihăiță.{{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}} In 2008 he transferred to [CSA Steaua](/source/CSA_Steaua_Bucure%C8%99ti) in [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest). Badea joined Romania's national team after the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics) and the retirement of three team members.{{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}} With [Tiberiu Dolniceanu](/source/Tiberiu_Dolniceanu) as captain, Romania won a bronze medal in Madrid, their first World Cup tournament with the new team. For his first participation in [World Championships](/source/2013_World_Fencing_Championships), Badea made it to the table of 16, defeating world champion [Aleksey Yakimenko](/source/Aleksey_Yakimenko) along the way, before being stopped by Hungary's [András Szatmári](/source/Andr%C3%A1s_Szatm%C3%A1ri). In the [team event](/source/Men's_team_sabre_at_the_2013_World_Fencing_Championships), 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](/source/%C3%81ron_Szil%C3%A1gyi) five hits in a row to win the match.{{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}} Badea also fenced the last relay in the quarter-final against Belarus and gave the decisive hit again. 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](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Fencing_World_Cup) Badea was stopped in the second round of the [European Championships](/source/2014_European_Fencing_Championships) by Russia's [Kamil Ibragimov](/source/Kamil_Ibragimov), who eventually won a bronze medal.{{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}} In the team event, team captain Dolniceanu and Badea got injured and Romania ended up No.5. At the [World Championships](/source/2014_World_Fencing_Championships), Badea reached the table of 16, where he was overcome by Korea's [Gu Bon-gil](/source/Gu_Bon-gil). In the [team event](/source/Men's_team_sabre_at_the_2014_World_Fencing_Championships), 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](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Fencing_World_Cup) Badea pulled off a surprise win against Dolniceanu to win the Romanian national championship.{{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}} ==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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alin Badea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alin_Badea) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alin_Badea?action=history)). 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