 Grabovschi in the 1980s | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 December 1952 Sighișoara, Romania[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 July 2024 (aged 71) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Handball | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dinamo Bucharest[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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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.[2] During his career he played 199 matches for the national team and scored 544 goals.[3]
After retiring from competitions he became a coach, managing among others HC Argeș.[4] He was an avid bridge player.[5]
Grabovschi died on 23 July 2024, at the age of 71.[6]
- ^ Mircea Grabovschi. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Mircea Grabovschi. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ "Palmares" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Constantin Nicolescu și Cristian Gațu au premiat fostele glorii ale handbalului argeșean" (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Clasament ATOMIC Miercuri 18 Octombrie 2006 – Etapa 24" (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Mircea Grabovschi a murit. Marele handbalist, campion mondial în 1974, avea 71 de ani". Știrile ProTV (in Romanian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.