Costică Dafinoiu (6 February 1954 – 8 June 2022) was a light-heavyweight boxer from Romania.[3] He took up boxing in 1969, winning a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, a gold and a silver medals at the Romanian National Amateur Boxing Championship and won the Golden belt international tournament organized by Romania in 1974.[3][4][5][6] He retired in 1981, and after receiving a degree in physical education worked as a boxing coach at his native club CS Progresul Brăila.[2]
