Mircea Grabovschi
 Grabovschi in the 1980s | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 December 1952 Sighișoara, Romania[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 July 2024 (aged 71) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Handball | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dinamo Bucharest[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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Mircea Grabovschi (sometimes spelled Grabovski or Grabowski; 22 December 1952 – 23 July 2024) was a Romanian handball player and coach. He won the world title in 1974 and a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics.[2] During his career he played 199 matches for the national team and scored 544 goals.[3]
After retiring from competitions he became a coach, managing among others HC Argeș.[4] He was an avid bridge player.[5]
Grabovschi died on 23 July 2024, at the age of 71.[6]
Honours and awards
[edit]- Honored Master of Sport ("Maestru emerit al sportului"), 1976
- Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of his hometown, Sighișoara, 2009.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Mircea Grabovschi. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Mircea Grabovschi. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ "Palmares" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Constantin Nicolescu și Cristian Gațu au premiat fostele glorii ale handbalului argeșean" (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Clasament ATOMIC Miercuri 18 Octombrie 2006 – Etapa 24" (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Mircea Grabovschi a murit. Marele handbalist, campion mondial în 1974, avea 71 de ani". Știrile ProTV (in Romanian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Cetățeni de onoare" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
External links
[edit]- databaseOlympics profile
- World Bridge Federation profile
- Mircea Grabovschi at Olympedia
- Mircea Grabovschi at the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (in Romanian)
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- 1952 births
- 2024 deaths
- Romanian male handball players
- CS Dinamo București (men's handball) players
- Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Romania
- Olympic silver medalists for Romania
- Olympic medalists in handball
- People from Sighișoara
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Mureș County
- Romanian handball biography stubs
- Romanian Olympic medalist stubs