Cornel Penu

Cornel Penu (born 16 June 1946) is a retired Romanian handball goalkeeper. He earned 257 caps with the national team and won the world title in 1970 and 1974 and two Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976.[3] He was named Best Goalkeeper at the 1974 World Championships,[4] and was selected for the World Team three times: in 1973, 1975 and 1976.[3]

Cornel Penu
Personal information
Born16 June 1946 (1946-06-16) (age 77)
Buzău, Romania[1]
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
SportHandball
ClubDinamo Bucharest[3]
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1967 SwedenTeam
Gold medal – first place 1970 FranceTeam
Gold medal – first place 1974 East GermanyTeam

Penu took up handball in his hometown in 1958, and after enrolling to the University of Galați he played for Știința Galați. He graduated in 1968 from the Machine Construction Technology Department.[5] The same year he moved to Dinamo Bucharest, where he stayed until his retirement in 1980. After that he coached goalkeepers for Dinamo Bucharest and for the Romanian national team. He left Romania in 1993 to work as a coach in Morocco,[3] and as of 2012 he was living in France.[1][6]

One of Penu's hobbies is painting.[7]

Distinctions
  • Honored Master of Sport, 1970[4]
  • Honored Citizen of Buzău, 2011[8]

Bibliography
  • Hristache Naum, Ultimul apărător, 1983, Ed. Sport-Turism, Bucharest, 207 p.

References
  1. "Cornel Penu: "De 6 ani am ales Franţa, după 9 petrecuţi în Maroc"" (in Romanian). Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. Cornel Penu. sports-reference.com
  3. Cornel Penu. Romanian Olympic Committee
  4. ""80 de ani de handbal in Romania" 1921 – 2001" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  5. "Fostul mare handbalist Cornel Penu a fost la Galaţi, la 45 de ani de la absolvirea Facultăţii" (in Romanian). Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  6. "Eroi au fost eroi sunt inca" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  7. "Cornel Penu, portar si pictor" (in Romanian). Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  8. "Orasul Buzau, mai bogat cu cinci cetateni de onoaare" (in Romanian). Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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