Vintilǎ Cristescu (1896 – October 1971) was a Romanian

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and a

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player.

Career

Vintilă Cristescu was a football player in the 1910s at

Colțea București Colțea București was a Romania, Romanian football club based in Bucharest, active primarily in the early 20th century. The club played a significant role in the development of Romanian football and was one of the strongest teams during its time ...

. In 1920, together with

teammates Iacobescu and Puiu Pavel, they founded Colțea Brașov, a team that would win the

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in the 1927–28 season with Cristescu as the team's leader. His

career began in 1921 when he won the first national marathon race held in

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, running 42,192 km. He went on to win the national marathon championship four more times (1923, 1925, 1926, 1927), also participating at the 1924 "Pannonian Games" and at the

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from the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

. Cristescu was also a

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in the

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who fought in

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with the

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elite mountain troops. His father, captain Sava Cristescu, had fought in

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at the Battle of Brașov.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cristescu, Vintila 1896 births 1971 deaths Place of birth missing Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Romanian male long-distance runners Romanian male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Romania Romanian men's footballers Liga I players Men's association football players not categorized by position Romanian military personnel of World War II 20th-century Romanian sportsmen