Lucian "Mihail" Popescu (11 November 1960 — 31 January 2021) 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. He played for CSA Steaua București between 1976 and 1991. Internationally Popescu played for the

Romanian national team The Romania national football team ( ro, Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Romania in international men's football competition and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Fotbal), also ...

at five World Championships (the B Pool in 1979, 1981, and 1983; the D Pool in 1989 and 1990), and 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.Mihail Lucian Popescu's profile at Sports Reference.com
/ref> He later coached the Romanian under-18 team. He died on 31 January 2021 in Bucharest at the age of 60.

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* 1960 births 2021 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Romania Romanian ice hockey defencemen Steaua Rangers players {{Romania-icehockey-bio-stub