Claudiu Eugen Ionescu (born August 24, 1959 in Constanţa) is a former

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

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 g ...

player who competed in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. Ionescu was a member of the Romanian handball team, which won the bronze medal. He played five matches as

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

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* * 1959 births Living people Romanian male handball players HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța players Olympic handball players for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in handball Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Constanța {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub