Virgil Sălișcan | |
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Born |
Ploiești, Romania |
26 May 1984
Weapon(s) | Foil |
Hand | Left-handed |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Club | CSA Steaua București |
Head coach(es) | Romică Molea |
Retired | 2013 |
FIE Ranking | ranking (archive) |
Virgil Sălișcan (born 26 May 1984 in Ploiești) is a Romanian foil fencer.
Saliscan is a member of CSA Steaua in Bucharest and is coached by Molea Romica. He earned a bronze medal at the 2002 Junior European Championships in Conegliano and reached a quarter-final at the 2003 Junior World Championships in Trapani. That same season, he began fencing in the senior category. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by earning a bronze medal in the qualifying tournament in Lisbon. where he competed in the individual foil event. He lost the first preliminary match to Great Britain's Richard Kruse, with a score of 6–15.
Sălișcan retired from competition after the 2012–13 season and became a coach at CSA Steaua.