Constantin "Titi" Gheorghe Mihail (July 24, 1945 – January 22, 2016) was a Romanian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

coach. He is considered one of the most important promoters of male

sprinting Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that incorporate running, typically as a way of quickly reaching a target or goal, or avoiding or catching an op ...

hurdling Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

and

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

events. Mihail had a significant role in restructuring the

Romanian Athletics Federation The Romanian Athletics Federation (Romanian: ''Federația Română de Atletism'') is the Romanian national sporting authority which coordinates athletics activity. History Athletics first appeared in Romania at the end of the 19th century. The ...

in the

post-communist Post-communism is the period of political and economic transformation or transition in former communist states located in Eastern Europe and parts of Africa and Asia in which new governments aimed to create free market-oriented capitalist economi ...

period.

References

Romanian athletics coaches 2016 deaths Recipients of the National Order of Faithful Service 1945 births Sportspeople from Constanța {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub