Cornel Oțelea

Cornel Oțelea
Oțelea in 1967
Born(1940-11-19)19 November 1940
Șeica Mare, Romania
Died22 January 2025(2025-01-22) (aged 84)
Bucharest, Romania
Resting placeGhencea Cemetery
Occupations
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
SpouseRodica Oțelea
Children1
Handball career
Personal information
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger
Senior clubs
Years Team
1958–1970
Steaua București
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1970
Romania 88 (142)
Medal record
Representing  Romania
World Championships
1961 West Germany
1964 Czechoslovakia
1970 France
1967 Sweden
Head coach  Romania
World Championships
1990 Czechoslovakia

Cornel Oțelea (19 November 1940 – 22 January 2025) was a Romanian professional handball player and coach who won three World Championship titles with Romania.[1] From 1993 to 1995, he served as president of the Romanian Handball Federation.

Biography

Oțelea won three world titles and the European Cup with Steaua București, both as a player in 1968 and as a coach in 1977. He served as head coach of Romania's national team, leading them to a bronze medal at the 1990 World Men's Handball Championship, and later coached the Romania women's national team from 2002 to 2005.

Colonel Cornel Oțelea from the Ministry of National Defense was promoted to the rank of brigadier general (with one star), being subsequently transferred to the reserve on 31 December 1997.

Oțelea died on 22 January 2025, at the age of 84.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "First player to win three IHF Men's World Championship titles, Cornel Oțelea, passes away". IHF.info. International Handball Federation. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  2. ^ Marinescu, David (22 January 2025). "Drama neștiută a lui Cornel Oțelea: măcinat de necazul cu fiul lui". GSP.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 22 January 2025.