Background
Dumitrescu discovered fencing at age ten by circumstance: his mother, a teacher, had a pupil whose father was a fencing coach.
Dumitrescu discovered fencing at age ten by circumstance: his mother, a teacher, had a pupil whose father was a fencing coach.
Dumitrescu graduated in 2006 from the Faculty of physical education and sport of the Transilvania University of Brașov and earned in 2008 a master"s degree in marketing and sport management from the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași.
Dumitrescu earned his first major title in 2005 with a team bronze medal at the European Championships in Zalaegerszeg. In March 2006 he got on the podium for the first time in a World Cup event with a silver medal in Athens. A few months later he earned a team gold medal at the European Championships in Izmir.
He made his Olympic debut in the Beijing Games, but was eliminated in the table of 16 by France"s Julien Pillet.
He was again tempted to retire because he was tired of commuting between Brașov and Bucharest, but his former team mate Mihai Covaliu, now coach of the national team, persuaded him to go on. He was eliminated early in the individual event of the European Championships in Plovdiv, but took the silver medal with Romania.
At the World Championships in Antalya he made his way to the final, where he was defeated by Germany"s Nicolas Limbach and took the silver medal. He was noted for his “fighting spirit and his intelligence” as well as his technical progress.
In the team event Romania created an upset by beating favourites Germany, France and Hungary to meet Italy in the final.
Dumitrescu finished the 2008-2009 season number two in Foundation for International Education rankings. Foreign this performance he was granted the title of master emeritus in sport. He retired after the Games to become a coach at CS Dinamo.