Gheorghe "Ghiţă" Licu (1 December 1945 – 8 April 2014) was a

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n 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

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victory in 2002. His son

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also became an Olympic handball player and coach.

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1945 births 2014 deaths Romanian male handball players CS Dinamo București (men's handball) players Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Deaths from cancer in Romania Sportspeople from Dâmbovița County {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub