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Handball At The 1976 Summer Olympics
Team handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women. On 26 July, a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's match between SFR Yugoslavia and West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 ... and set fire to the Yugoslav flag before being detained by security. Medal summary Participating nations Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. Five nations competed in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ago. Body contact is permitted for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mykola Tomyn
Mykola Mykolayevich Tomyn ( ua, Микола Миколайович Томин, born December 28, 1948) is a former Soviet/Ukrainian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ... and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1976 he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches as goalkeeper. Four years later he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He played all six matches as goalkeeper again. External linksprofile 1948 births Living people Soviet male handball players Ukrainian male handball players Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Tudosie
Constantin Tudosie (born 23 March 1950 in Leu, Dolj) is a Romanian former handball player and World Champion who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 .... In 1972 he won the bronze medal with the Romanian team. He played three matches and scored three goals. Four years later he won the silver medal as part of the Romanian team. He played all five matches and scored four goals. Around 1978, he moved to West Germany, where he also worked as a coach. References External linksprofile 1950 births Living people Romanian male handball players CSA Steaua București (handball) players Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic handball play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Stöckl
Werner Stöckl (born 28 June 1952) is a retired Romanian handball player of Banat Swabian ethnicity. He won the world title in 1974 and two Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976. Stöckl took up handball in 1967 and in 1969 joined Steaua București, winning with them the EHF Champions League title in 1977. In 1981 he transferred to Carpați Mârșa and helped to promote them from the second to the first division. In 1987 he immigrated with his wife to West Germany, where he played one year for TuS Hofweier upon recommendation from fellow player Simon Schobel. After that he worked as a handball coach. Awards * Honorary citizen of the municipality of Reșița Reșița (; german: link=no, Reschitz; hu, Resicabánya; hr, Ričica; cz, Rešice; sr, Решица/Rešica; tr, Reşçe) is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County. It is located in the Banat region. The city had ... (Romania) * 1974: Maestru emerit al sportului (≈ "Outstanding Master of Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornel Penu
Cornel Penu (born 16 June 1946) is a retired Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...n handball goalkeeper. He earned 257 caps with the national team and won the world title in 1970 and 1974 and two Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976. He was named Best Goalkeeper at the 1974 World Championships, and was selected for the World Team three times: in 1973, 1975 and 1976. Penu took up handball in his hometown in 1958, and after enrolling to the University of Galați he played for Știința Galați. He graduated in 1968 from the Machine Construction Technology Department. The same year he moved to Dinamo Bucharest, where he stayed until his retirement in 1980. After that he coached goalkeepers for Dinamo Bucharest and for the Romanian national team. He left Romania in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolae Munteanu (handball)
Nicolae Munteanu (born 7 December 1951) is a Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...n handball coach and former goalkeeper. He competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won one silver and two bronze medals; he scored one goal in 1980. At the club level he spent his entire career with Steaua București, winning with them 14 national titles. After retiring from competitions he managed French clubs US Dunkerque (1989–1990, 1991–1992) and HC Antibes (1990–1991). After 1992 he coached goalkeepers in Romania. References 1951 births Living people Romanian male handball players Sportspeople from Brașov CSA Steaua București (handball) players Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghiță Licu
Gheorghe "Ghiţă" Licu (1 December 1945 – 8 April 2014) was a Romanian handball pivot player. Between 1966 and 1976 he capped 197 times for the national team and scored 328 goals, winning world titles in 1970 and 1974 and Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976. Domestically he played his entire career from 1964 to 1980 for Dinamo Bucuresti, winning the national titles in 1965, 1966 and 1978 and the Romanian Cup in 1979. After retiring from competitions Licu became a handball coach. In 1980–1993 he worked with Dinamo Bucuresti in Romania, and in 1995–2006 with SC Madgeburg in Germany, first with the junior and then with the senior team, leading them to the German national title in 2001 and the EHF Champions League victory in 2002. His son Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Kicsid
Gabriel Gavril Kicsid (born 2 April 1948 in Imeni, Covasna County) is a former Romanian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P .... In 1972 he won the bronze medal with the Romanian team. He played all six matches and scored twelve goals. Four years later he won the silver medal as part of the Romanian team. He played four matches including the final and scored four goals. References * 1948 births Living people Romanian male handball players CSA Steaua București (handball) players Olympic handball players of Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Gunesch
Roland Gunnesch (sometimes spelled Gunesch or Guneș; born 25 March 1944) is a retired Romanian handball player of German ethnicity. During his career he earned 170 caps with the national team and scored 252 goals, winning the world title in 1970 and 1974 and Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976. He was discovered as a handball talent by Hans Zultner, his physical education teacher at high school in Sighișoara Sighișoara (; hu, Segesvár ; german: Schäßburg ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Schäsbrich''; yi, שעסבורג, Shesburg; la, Castrum Sex) is a city on the Târnava Mare River in Mureș County, Romania. Located in the historic region of Transy ..., and after graduating went to play for Politehnica Timişoara. After retiring from competitions he became a handball coach and manager. He was assistant coach for Politehnica Timişoara in 1983–1991 and managed the Romanian University national team that won the World University Games in 1987. After that he immigrated to Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mircea Grabovschi
Mircea Grabovschi (sometimes spelled Grabovski or Grabowski; 22 December 1952 – 2002) was a Romanian handball player and coach. He won the world title in 1974 and a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics. During his career he played 199 matches for the national team and scored 544 goals. After retiring from competitions he became a coach, managing among others HC Argeș. He was an avid bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ... player. Honors and awards * ''Honored Master of Sport'' ("Maestru emerit al sportului"), 1976 * ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("Honorary Citizen") of his hometown, Sighișoara, 2009. References External links databaseOlympics profileWorld Bridge Federation profile 1952 births 2002 deaths Romanian male handball players CS Dinamo București ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Gațu
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. Biography Gațu was an ethnic Aromanian. 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 coachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandru Fölker
Alexandru Fölker (german: Alexander Fölker, born 28 January 1956) is a retired Romanian handball player. He competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won one silver and two bronze medals. In 1989 he immigrated to Germany, where he managed the Bundesliga team MT Melsungen MT Melsungen is a German handball team from Melsungen, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. History From 1992 to 2005, the team played in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga and finished third twice (in 1997/98 and 2003/2004). In the 2004 .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
