Nicolae Firoiu (born 4 March 1939), commonly known as Nico Firoiu, is a Romanian former

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player and coach. He competed in the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

and

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. After retiring as a player, he coached the national teams of Iran and Romania. In 1974 he moved permanently to West Germany. In November 1975, he became the

national National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

head coach, reforming the German water polo and leading his team to gold medal at the 1981 European Championships, bronze in the 1982 World Championships, bronze at the 1984 Olympic Games.

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* 1939 births Living people Water polo players from Bucharest Romanian male water polo players Romanian water polo coaches Olympic water polo players for Romania Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Romania-waterpolo-bio-stub

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