Cornel Oțelea

Cornel Oțelea (born 19 November 1940) is a former Romanian handball player who won the World Championships three times.^[1]

Cornel Oțelea

Cornel Oțelea (right) in 1968
Personal information
Born	(1940-11-19) 19 November 1940 (age 82) Șeica Mare, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country	Romania
Sport	Handball
Medal record World Championships 1961 West Germany Team handball 1964 Czechoslovakia Team handball 1970 France Team handball 1967 Sweden Team handball World University Handball Championship 1963 Sweden Team

Biography

He has won three world titles, the European Champions Cup as a player (1968) and coach (1977), both with Steaua București. He was a coach of the Romania men's national handball team (bronze medal at the 1990 World Men's Handball Championship), and since 2008 he has coached the Steaua Bucharest men's handball team.

Colonel Cornel Oțelea from the Ministry of National Defense was promoted to the rank of brigadier general (with one star), being subsequently transferred to the reserve on December 31, 1997. In 2009, he was decorated with the Order of Sports Merit cl. Takes.

See also

• World Championships most winner players
• CSA Steaua București (handball)

References

1. "Cornel Oţelea: "Împreună cu Gruia am stăpînit handbalul mondial"" (in Romanian). premium.gsp.ro. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

External links

• Cornel Oțelea at EU aleg România (in Romanian)