Cristian Gațu (born 20 August 1945) is a retired Romanianhandball player. He earned 212 caps with the national team, winning the world title in 1970 and 1974 and medalling at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. After retiring from competitions he became a coach and sports official, appointed as Secretary of State for Youth and Sports in 1991–1993 and President of the Romanian Handball Federation in 1997–2014.[2][3]
Cristian Gațu
Gațu in 1992
Personal information
Born
20 August 1945 (1945-08-20) (age 77) Bucharest, Romania[1]
Gațu was an ethnic Aromanian.[4][5] He was born to a renowned sports journalist Petre Gațu. In his early years he studied civil engineering in Bucharest and competed nationally in chess, association football and handball, eventually choosing handball for his career. With Steaua București, he won ten national titles and the 1977 European Cup. He retired after spending two seasons in Italy with Tuscany Follonica in the 1980s, both as a player and a coach. In 1983, he returned to Romania, where he first worked as an instructor of water sports, but later moved from coaching to administration. Between 1984 and 1991 he was vice president of Steaua București, and in 1991–1993 served as Secretary of State for Youth and Sports. In 1993–1997, he headed a military physical education faculty, in 1997–1998 was appointed as president of Steaua București, and in 1996–2002 served as vice president of the Romanian Olympic Committee. In parallel he headed the Romanian Handball Federation between 1997 and 2014. On 14 September 2007, he was promoted to the military rank of brigadier general.[2][3]
cristian, gațu, born, august, 1945, retired, romanian, handball, player, earned, caps, with, national, team, winning, world, title, 1970, 1974, medalling, 1972, 1976, olympics, after, retiring, from, competitions, became, coach, sports, official, appointed, se. Cristian Gațu born 20 August 1945 is a retired Romanian handball player He earned 212 caps with the national team winning the world title in 1970 and 1974 and medalling at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics After retiring from competitions he became a coach and sports official appointed as Secretary of State for Youth and Sports in 1991 1993 and President of the Romanian Handball Federation in 1997 2014 2 3 Cristian GațuGațu in 1992Personal informationBorn20 August 1945 1945 08 20 age 77 Bucharest Romania 1 Height178 cm 5 ft 10 in Weight75 kg 165 lb SportSportHandballClubRapid București 1963 64 Știința București 1964 68 Steaua Bucharest 1968 78 2 Polisportiva Follonica 1981 83 Medal record Representing RomaniaOlympic Games1976 Montreal Team1972 Munich TeamWorld Championship1970 France Team1974 East Germany Team1967 Sweden Team Contents 1 Biography 2 Honours 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditGațu was an ethnic Aromanian 4 5 He was born to a renowned sports journalist Petre Gațu In his early years he studied civil engineering in Bucharest and competed nationally in chess association football and handball eventually choosing handball for his career With Steaua București he won ten national titles and the 1977 European Cup He retired after spending two seasons in Italy with Tuscany Follonica in the 1980s both as a player and a coach In 1983 he returned to Romania where he first worked as an instructor of water sports but later moved from coaching to administration Between 1984 and 1991 he was vice president of Steaua București and in 1991 1993 served as Secretary of State for Youth and Sports In 1993 1997 he headed a military physical education faculty in 1997 1998 was appointed as president of Steaua București and in 1996 2002 served as vice president of the Romanian Olympic Committee In parallel he headed the Romanian Handball Federation between 1997 and 2014 On 14 September 2007 he was promoted to the military rank of brigadier general 2 3 Honours EditWorld Champion 1970 and 1974 with Romania EHF Champions League 1977 with Steaua Bucharest IHF Gold Badge of Merit 2009References Edit Cristian Gațu sports reference com a b c Cristian Gațu Romanian Olympic Committee a b DOCUMENTAR Legendarul handbalist Cristian Gațu implinește 70 de ani agerpres ro 20 August 2015 Sportivii care i au reprezentat cu cinste pe aromani au fost răplătiți in Romanian Litoral TV 7 April 2014 Grigore George V 14 April 2018 Personalități din ramura aromană a romanimii noastre milenare Ziarul Națiunea in Romanian External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cristian Gațu Cristian Gațu at the International Olympic Committee Cristian Gațu at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Roman in Romanian English translation Cristian Gațu at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived This biographical article related to Romanian team handball is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a Romanian Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cristian Gațu amp oldid 1121154713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
