Gheorghe Gruia

Gheorghe Gruia
Medal record
Competitor for  Romania
Men's handball
Olympic Games
1972 Germany Team
World Men's Handball Championship
1970 France Team
1964 Czechoslovakia Team

Gheorghe Gruia (October 2, 1940 – December 9, 2015) was a Romanian handball player and world champion in handball. Born in Bucharest, he won the gold medal in the 1964 World Men's Handball Championship and the 1970 World Men's Handball Championship. In 1972 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal with the Romanian team, becoming at the same time the goalgetter of the tournament with 37 goals.

The International Handball Federation named him in 1992 "The Greatest Handball Player of All Times".[1][2]

Gruia resided in Mexico City, Mexico since 1978, where he worked as a coach and an official in this sport and is credited with popularizing this sport in the country.[3]

He died on December 9, 2015, in Mexico City following a heart attack.[4]

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