Cornel Penu Explained

Birth Place:	Buzău, Romania^[1]
Height:	191 cm^[2]
Weight:	87 kg
Sport:	Handball
Club:	Dinamo Bucharest^[3]

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]

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cornel Penu: "De 6 ani am ales Franţa, după 9 petrecuţi în Maroc". Romanian. 19 May 2014.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235425/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/cornel-penu-1.html Cornel Penu
3. http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/cornel-penu Cornel Penu
4. Web site: "80 de ani de handbal in Romania" 1921 – 2001. Romanian. 19 May 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120404214835/http://www.frh.ro/ANEXA%202%20NUM2.htm. 4 April 2012. dmy-all.
5. Web site: Fostul mare handbalist Cornel Penu a fost la Galaţi, la 45 de ani de la absolvirea Facultăţii. Romanian. 19 May 2014.
6. Web site: Eroi au fost eroi sunt inca. Romanian. 15 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130128123116/http://www.independent-al.ro/reportaj/eroi--au-fost-eroi-sunt-inca.html. 28 January 2013. dead.
7. Web site: Cornel Penu, portar si pictor. Romanian. 19 May 2014.
8. Web site: Orasul Buzau, mai bogat cu cinci cetateni de onoaare. Romanian. 19 May 2014.