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Alexandru Tuzlucov

A youth jiu-jitsu competitor who won European under-16 gold with a 3–0 final in 2024.

Last updated: 19 October 2026

Biography

Alexandru Tuzlucov’s account of winning BJJ gold began with a defeat. Interviewed in December 2022, he recalled losing his opening contest on the previous year’s trip. He believed that experience helped him return better prepared and take first place. Born in 2010, Alexandru Tuzlucov trained with CS Wolfpack in Cahul under Mircea Bragagiu. Moldova’s 2023 national squad list places him in the junior group and records that coaching connection. He was already a gold medallist in 2021. Reporting on the TMS Ukrainian Championship in Zaporizhzhia that September, Ziua de Azi named him among Cahul’s winners. Bragagiu’s thanks went beyond the competitors to those who had given their time to help the team. Wolfpack’s description of its 2022 programme gives a picture of the environment around him. Work on fundamentals accompanied daily sessions, four seminars and joint training with other Moldovan clubs. The academy also organised ten days of summer training in Bulgaria and five-day autumn and winter camps in Cahul. Development extended to the coaches, whose weekly lessons combined theory and practice. His domestic youth results during this period included the July 2022 ADCC Moldova Summer Cup, where Wolfpack’s Tuzlucov was listed first in two under-40 kg groups, labelled 2010–2011 and 2008–2009. The following February, ADCC Moldova Kids and Juniors International recorded another first place: boys’ intermediate under-45 kg, for the 2009–2010 group. International competition continued to feature in the Cahul team’s reporting. In November 2023, Ziua de Azi described Tuzlucov among Bragagiu’s juniors in Abu Dhabi and credited him with a second consecutive world-title success in that youth setting. The next year also brought a place on Wolfpack’s young NAGA Brussels team. In its March 2024 account, the academy stressed that strong, hardworking opponents demanded further preparation. Its acknowledgements included both the children and their parents, presenting the team’s progress as a shared undertaking. In April 2024, Tuzlucov won European gold in Romania in ne-waza, the ground-fighting discipline of jiu-jitsu. The under-16 male under-52 kg draw records him representing the Moldovan Jiu-Jitsu Federation and defeating Ukraine’s Oleksandr Chebanov 3–0 in the final. Bragagiu said the team’s results gave him motivation to continue and thanked the parents whose support had helped make them possible. On 2 January 2025, a Moldovan ministry order awarded Tuzlucov the national sporting category Candidate Master of Sport in jiu-jitsu.

Sources for this profile

Ziua de Azi, interview, December 2022.(opens in a new tab)
- Tuzlucov credited a reported BJJ gold to experience gained after losing his opening match at the preceding year’s competition.
  Where in the source: His interview paragraph after the coach’s comments.
  Accessed: 2026-10-19
Ziua de Azi, Cahul team report, September 2021.(opens in a new tab)
- A September 2021 report lists Tuzlucov among Cahul’s gold medallists at the TMS Ukrainian Championship in Zaporizhzhia. Mircea Bragagiu thanked people who had given their time to help the team.
  Where in the source: Medal lists and the closing coach statement.
  Accessed: 2026-10-19
Wolfpack Academy, 2022 programme.(opens in a new tab)
- Wolfpack’s account of 2022 stresses fundamentals: daily training, four seminars, joint sessions with Moldovan clubs, a ten-day Bulgarian summer camp and five-day autumn and winter camps in Cahul. Coaches also had weekly theoretical and practical lessons.
  Where in the source: About section before the news and results.
  Accessed: 2026-10-19
Moldovan education ministry, national squads, 2023.(opens in a new tab)
- Moldova’s 2023 national squad list records Tuzlucov, born in 2010, from Cahul, with CS Wolfpack and coach Mircea Bragagiu.
  Where in the source: Printed pages 117–119; junior boys, entry four.
  Accessed: 2026-10-19
ADCC, Moldova Summer Cup, July 2022.(opens in a new tab)
- ADCC’s July 2022 Moldova Summer Cup results list Wolfpack’s Tuzlucov first in both under-40 kg groups labelled 2010–2011 and 2008–2009.
  Where in the source: Official results: both youth 40 kg sections.
  Accessed: 2026-10-19
ADCC, Moldova youth results, February 2023.(opens in a new tab)
- At ADCC Moldova Kids and Juniors International in February 2023, Tuzlucov of Wolfpack Cahul is listed first in the boys’ intermediate under-45 kg group for 2009–2010 births.
  Where in the source: Official results, boys intermediate 45 kg.
  Accessed: 2026-10-19
Ziua de Azi, youth team report, November 2023.(opens in a new tab)
- Ziua de Azi’s November 2023 report identifies Tuzlucov among Cahul’s juniors coached by Mircea Bragagiu, reporting a second successive world-title success in Abu Dhabi.
  Where in the source: Opening junior-team paragraph and Tuzlucov’s result.
  Accessed: 2026-10-19
Wolfpack Academy, Brussels report, March 2024.(opens in a new tab)
- In a March 2024 report, Wolfpack named Tuzlucov in its young NAGA Brussels team, credited children and parents for its progress, and stressed further preparation against demanding opponents.
  Where in the source: Opening report and numbered team list.
  Accessed: 2026-10-19
Ziua de Azi, European youth report, April 2024.(opens in a new tab)
- Ziua de Azi reported Tuzlucov’s gold at the April 2024 European jiu-jitsu ne-waza championships in Romania. Bragagiu described the team result as motivation to continue and thanked the athletes’ parents for their support.
  Where in the source: Tuzlucov’s result and the concluding coach statement.
  Accessed: 2026-10-19
Sportdata, European youth draw, April 2024.(opens in a new tab)
- The 2024 European U16 male under-52 kg jiu-jitsu draw records Tuzlucov of the Moldovan Jiu-Jitsu Federation as winner, with a 3–0 final against Ukraine’s Oleksandr Chebanov.
  Where in the source: All six pages; main-tree final and winner box.
  Accessed: 2026-10-19
Moldovan education ministry, sports categories, January 2025.(opens in a new tab)
- A Moldovan ministry order of 2 January 2025 awarded Tuzlucov the sporting category Candidate Master of Sport in jiu-jitsu.
  Where in the source: Clause six; annex six, final page, entry 165.
  Accessed: 2026-10-19

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