Cornel Oțelea (born 19 November 1940) is a former
Romania
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handball player who won the
World Championships
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three times.
Biography
He has won three world titles, the European Champions Cup as a player (1968) and coach (1977), both with Steaua București. He was a
coach
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of the
Romania men's national handball team
The Romania men's national handball team is governed by the Romanian Handball Federation ( ro, Romanian Federaţia Română de Handbal) and takes part in international handball competitions. Romania was for many decades the mos ...
(bronze medal at the
1990 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1990 World Men's Handball Championship was the 12th team handball World Championship. It was held in Czechoslovakia from February 28 to March 10, 1990. Sweden won the championship. Qualification
Teams
Preliminary round Group A
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), and since 2008 he has coached the
Steaua Bucharest men's handball team.
Colonel Cornel Oțelea from the
Ministry of National Defense
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was promoted to the rank of brigadier general (with one star), being subsequently transferred to the reserve on December 31, 1997. In 2009, he was decorated with the
Order of Sports Merit cl. Takes.
See also
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World Championships most winner players
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CSA Steaua București (handball)
CSA Steaua București is a Romanian professional handball club based in Bucharest, Romania. It competes in the Romanian Handball League. They are part of the CSA Steaua sports organization.
History
Founded in the late 1940s as part of the ...
References
External links
Cornel Oțeleaat EU aleg România
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1940 births
Living people
Romanian male handball players
Sportspeople from Sibiu County
Presidents of the Romanian Handball Federation
FC Steaua București presidents