cei mai renumiti 11 sportivi romani

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New Competences For a European School2014-1-RO01-KA101-000137511 of the most 11 of the most

famous famous Romanian Romanian

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New Competences For a European School2014-1-RO01-KA101-0001375

Nadia Comăneci

Gheorghe Hagi

Ilie Năstase

Ion Țiriac

Mircea Lucescu

Simona Halep



Iolanda Balaș Sőtér

Gabriela Szabó

Lucian Bute

Lia Manoliu

Ivan Patzaichin



Nadia Elena Comăneci Nadia Elena Comăneci • She is the first gymnast in the world to

receive a perfect 10 score in an Olympic Gymnastics Contest. She is the winner of 5 Olympic gold medals.



Gheorghe HagiGheorghe Hagi

• He is a businessman, coach and former football player that was entitled ‘the King of Romanian Football’ and nicknamed ‘Maradona from the Carpathians’. He is the best goalgetter in the history of the Romanian National Football Team, having scored 35 goals, a record that he shares with Adrian Mutu, another famous Romanian footballer.



Ilie Ilie NăstaseNăstase

• He is one of the most important tennis players of the 1970s. He was number one twice in 1972 and 1973.

•During his career he won 57 titles at simple. At double, he won the tournaments at Roland Garros in 1970, Wimbledon in 1973, and the US Open in 1975.



Ion Ion ȚiriacȚiriac

• He is a former professional tennis player.

Yet, he also played ice hockey and was part of a team that participated in the Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck and in World Championships. Currently, he is an influential businessman in Germany and Romania.



Ivan Ivan PatzaichinPatzaichin

• He is a former canoeist. He was four times winner of the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1968, 1972, 1980 and 1984 as well as three times winner of the silver medal.

• He graduated the Romanian Institute of Physical Education and Sport in 1975 and he became a member of ‘Dinamo’ sports club in Bucharest.



Lia ManoliuLia Manoliu • She is one of the most famous athletes in Romania. She was a golden medalist at the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968 as well as a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 and the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964. She had these remarkable results in discus competitions.



Iolanda Balaș SőtérIolanda Balaș Sőtér

• She is a Romanian Olympic champion of Hungarian origins (her father was Romanian and her mother Hungarian). She dominated the high jump in athletics for a decade.

• From 1988 to 2005, she was the President of the Romanian Athletics Federation.



Mircea LucescuMircea Lucescu• He is a former football

player and one of the most appreciated Romanian football coaches of all times. He still holds the record for leading the most numerous games, namely 59, in his quality of coach of the Romanian National Football Team.



Gabriela SzabóGabriela Szabó

• She is a world-wide famous athlete. She was designated the ‘Best Athlete in the World’, as well as the ‘Best Sportperson in Europe’ in 1999.



Lucian ButeLucian Bute •He is a Romanian boxer who presently holds the NABF belt at the semi-heavy category. He was also the IBF world champion at the super-medium category for almost 5 years, a period in which he defended his title for 9 times.



Simona HalepSimona Halep

Throughout her career so far, Halep has won 9 WTA tournaments at simple, as well as the Champions’ Tournament at Sofia.

She is one of the most well-known Romanian tennis players, currently number 3 in the WTA classification.



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