Mircea Grabovschi

Mircea Grabovschi
Grabovschi in the 1980s
Personal information
Born(1952-12-22)22 December 1952
Sighișoara, Romania
Died23 July 2024(2024-07-23) (aged 71)
Height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
SportHandball
ClubDinamo Bucharest
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1976 MontrealTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1974 East GermanyTeam

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. During his career he played 199 matches for the national team and scored 544 goals.

After retiring from competitions he became a coach, managing among others HC Argeș. He was an avid bridge player.

Grabovschi died on 23 July 2024, at the age of 71.

Honours and awards

References

  1. ↑ Mircea Grabovschi. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 Mircea Grabovschi. Romanian Olympic Committee
  3. ↑ "Palmares" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Constantin Nicolescu și Cristian Gațu au premiat fostele glorii ale handbalului argeșean" (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Clasament ATOMIC Miercuri 18 Octombrie 2006 – Etapa 24" (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Mircea Grabovschi a murit. Marele handbalist, campion mondial în 1974, avea 71 de ani". Știrile ProTV (in Romanian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Cetățeni de onoare" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2014.