Gheorghe Gruia
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Romania
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| Men's handball | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1972 Germany | Team |
| World Men's Handball Championship | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1970 France | Team |
| | 1964 Czechoslovakia | Team |
Gheorghe Gruia (October 2, 1940 – December 9, 2015) was a Romanian handball player and world champion in handball. Born in Bucharest, he won the gold medal in the 1964 World Men's Handball Championship and the 1970 World Men's Handball Championship. In 1972 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal with the Romanian team, becoming at the same time the goalgetter of the tournament with 37 goals.
The International Handball Federation named him in 1992 "The Greatest Handball Player of All Times".[1][2]
Gruia resided in Mexico City, Mexico since 1978, where he worked as a coach and an official in this sport and is credited with popularizing this sport in the country.[3]
He died on December 9, 2015, in Mexico City following a heart attack.[4]
See also
- Romania national handball team
- World Men's Handball Championship
- 1970 World Men's Handball Championship
- 1964 World Men's Handball Championship
- Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics
References
- ↑ "Gheorghe Gruia: La zurda rumana que dominó el mundo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ↑ "Gheorghe Gruia a fost si este mai mult decat se poate spune" (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ↑ "Interviu cu Gheorghe Gruia" (in Romanian). Adevărul. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Doliu în sportul românesc. A murit Gheorghe Gruia, cel mai valoros handbalist român din toate timpurile". ProSport.
Bibliography
- Horia Alexandrescu, Gruia, Mister Handbal, Vivaldi, 2009 ISBN 978-973-150-033-1
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