Gheorghe Gruia
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Gheorghe Gruia Marinescu (October 2, 1940 – December 9, 2015) was a Romanian handball player, coach, and sports official. Born in Bucharest, Gruia won two gold medals in the 1964 World Handball Championship and the 1970 World Championship. In the 1972 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal with Romania and became the top scorer of the competition with 37 goals. He played as a right back and spent his entire professional career with Steaua Bucharest.[1]
The International Handball Federation named him in 1992 "The Greatest Handball Player of All Times".[2]
Gruia resided in Mexico City, Mexico, since 1978, where he worked as a coach and an official in the sport and is credited with popularizing the sport in the country.[3]
His daughter, Andreea, is a former Mexican telenovela actress known for her roles in Spanish language telenovelas on Televisa.
Gruia died on December 9, 2015, in Mexico City following a heart attack.[4] Gruia is considered the 'father of handball' in Mexico.[5]
Gallery
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Gruia (back row, first from the right) with Romania's junior team in 1965
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Gruia during a training session in 1965
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Gruia in action during a match against West Germany in 1966
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Gruia (back row, second from the right) with the European Cup champions Steaua in 1968
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Gruia (back row, fifth from the right) with the 1970 World Championship-winning Romanian team
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Gruia (center) in 1970
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Honours
Club
- 8× Romanian League Champion: 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
- European Cup Champion: 1968
- Runner-up: 1971
National team
- 2× World Champion: 1964, 1970 File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold
- World Championship: 1967 File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
- Summer Olympic Games: 1972 File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Orders
References
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Further reading
- Horia Alexandrescu, Gruia, Mister Handbal, Vivaldi, 2009 Template:ISBN
External links
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- 1940 births
- 2015 deaths
- Romanian male handball players
- Romanian handball coaches
- CSA Steaua București (handball) players
- Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Romania
- Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Handball players from Bucharest
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Expatriate handball coaches
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen