Istvan Antal (September 18, 1958 – January 9, 2009)Istvan Antal's obituary
was a Romanian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player. Born in Frumoasa,

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 ...

, he played for the

Romania men's national ice hockey team The Romanian men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Romania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 27th in the 2019 IIHF World Rankings and currently compete in Division IA. ...

at the

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

in Lake Placid.Istvan Antal's profile at Sports Reference.com

References

1958 births 2009 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Romania People from Harghita County Romanian ice hockey defencemen Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent {{Romania-icehockey-bio-stub