Cornel Oțelea
 Oțelea in 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 November 1940 Șeica Mare, Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 January 2025 (aged 84) Bucharest, Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Handball | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cornel Oțelea (19 November 1940 – 22 January 2025) was a Romanian handball player who won the World Championships three times.[1]
Biography
[edit]Oțelea won three world titles, the European Cup both as a player (1968) and coach (1977), with Steaua București. He was coach of Romania's national team (bronze medal at the 1990 World Men's Handball Championship), and from 2002 until 2005, he coached the Romania women's national 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 31 December 1997. In 2009, he was decorated with the Order of Sports Merit 1st Class.
Oțelea died on 22 January 2025, at the age of 84.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Cornel Oţelea: "Împreună cu Gruia am stăpînit handbalul mondial"" (in Romanian). premium.gsp.ro. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Drama neștiută a lui Cornel Oțelea: măcinat de necazul cu fiul lui". GSP. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cornel Oțelea.
- Cornel Oțelea at EU aleg România (in Romanian)
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