Haralambie Dumitras

Haralambie Dumitras
Date of birth February 11, 1960
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 242 lb (110 kg)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position No. 8
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Pau
Strasbourg
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1984-1993  Romania 47 (30)
Coaching career
Years Club / team
2012  Romania
Rugby union career

Haralambie Dumitras, also known as Hari Dumitras (born 11 February 1960), is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as number eight.

He played for Section Paloise and RC Strasbourg in France.

Dumitras was a leading name for Romania during the "Golden Era" of the 1980s. He had 47 caps, from 1984 to 1993, scoring 7 tries, 30 points in aggregate. He was the captain in 13 games. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games, without scoring, and for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the three games and scoring a try in the 17-15 win over Fiji at 12 October 1991.[1]

After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He settled in France, where he was one of the two head coaches of CA Périgueux. He afterwards went to coach Entente Astarac Bigorre XV, RC Strasbourg and US Argelésienne, since 2009/10.

He was for a short period of time the head coach of Romania national team in 2012.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Romania Romeo Gontineac
Romania National Rugby Union Coach
2012
Succeeded by
Wales Lynn Howells