Cristian Gațu
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| Player information | |
|---|---|
| birthday | August 20, 1945 |
| place of birth | Bucharest , Romania |
| citizenship |
 Romanian
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| height | 1.78 m |
| Playing position | Back center |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Clubs in the youth | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1959-1963 |
.svg){kind=small} Şcoala Sportivă 2 Bucharest
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| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1963-1964 |
Rapid Bucharest
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| 1964-1968 |
.svg){kind=small} Știința Bucharest
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| 1968-1988 |
Steaua Bucharest
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| National team | |
| Debut on | 1964 |
| Games (goals) | |
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Romania
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188 (226) |
| Clubs as coaches | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1981-1983 |
 Polisportiva Follonica (player-coach)
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Cristian Gațu (born August 20, 1945 in Bucharest ) is a former Romanian handball player , coach, sports official, State Secretary for Youth and Sports, Brigadier General and President of the Romanian Handball Association.
Life
Gațu was the son of sports journalist Petre Gaţu. He first studied civil engineering in Bucharest and was interested in chess, football and handball. Gațu decided on handball and won ten national titles and the European Cup with Steaua Bucharest in 1977. Before that, he took third place with the national team at the handball world championship in Sweden in 1967 .
He won the world championship title in 1970 with the team at the handball world championship in France and in 1974 at the handball world championship in Berlin . Two years earlier he won a bronze medal with the team at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 and a silver medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal . In the early 1980s he moved to Italy and worked there as a trainer.
In 1983 he returned to Romania to work as a trainer and sports official. From 1984 to 1991 he was Vice President of Steaua Bucharest and from 1991 to 1993 State Secretary for Youth and Sport. He then headed military sports until 1997. From 1997 to 2014 he was President of the Romanian Handball Federation. At the same time he was President of Steaua Bucharest from 1997 to 1998 and Vice-President of the Romanian Olympic Committee from 1996 to 2002 . On September 14, 2007, he was promoted to brigadier general.
successes
society
- Steaua Bucharest
- Romanian champions: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
- European Champion Clubs' Cup : 1977
- Finalist in the European Champions Cup: 1971
National team
- World champion : 1970 , 1974
- Silver medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal
- Bronze medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich
Awards
- World handball player of the year: 1970, 1971, 1973
- Best player at the 1974 World Cup
- Honored Master of Sports
- IHF Gold Badge of Merit: 2009
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sports-reference.com: Cristian Gațu accessed on March 25, 2017
- ↑ Cosr.ro: Cristian Gațui accessed on March 25, 2017
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gațu, Cristian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian handball player, coach, sports official, State Secretary for Youth and Sport, Brigadier General and President of the Romanian Handball Association |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |