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Virgil Bărbuceanu
Romanian equestrian
Virgil Bărbuceanu (20 April 1927 – October 2004) was a Romanian equestrian. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]
Born in Bobaița, Mehedinți County,[2] Bărbuceanu attended high school in Turnu Severin, and graduated in 1952 with the rank of lieutenant from the Cavalry Officer School in Sibiu.[3] He then joined the Army Equestrian Club in Bucharest[3] and later served as colonel in the Romanian Army.[2] In 1986, he founded the Equestrian Base in Piatra Neamț, which now bears his name.[2][4]