Dorin Giurgiuca Explained
| Dorin Giurgiuca |
| Birth Date: | 8 December 1944 |
Dorin Giurgiuca (December 8, 1944, Mihalț, Alba County, Romania - June 4, 2013) was a Romanian international table tennis player and coach.[1]
Table tennis career
Moving at a very young age with his family to Dej, he started playing table tennis when he was 14.[2] [3]
After he was discovered by Farkas Paneth, he joined CSM Cluj, where he stayed during all his active career, and with which he would win eleven national championships and five European Club Cup of Champions.
At the European Youth Championship in Bled, Yugoslavia, in 1962, he won a gold medal. In 1964, after winning the singles competition of the German, Austrian, and English Open tournaments, he was ranked second in Europe by the European Table Tennis Union.[3]
A lefty and a master of the topspin,[3] he became Romanian singles champion in 1967 and 1970.[4]
A graduate of the Sports Academy in Cluj, after he retired from active play he became a coach.
He died of cirrhosis.[5]
Achievements
- national champion every year of his career in different competitions (1961-1974)
- twice national champion in the singles competition (1967, 1970)
- European youth champion (1962)
- Balkan Games champion in the singles, doubles and mixed competitions (1965)
- Winner of the English Open title.
Awards
- Master of Sport, 1962
- Honored Master of Sport, 1994
Notes and References
- Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
- Web site: A murit Dorin Giurgiuca, un mare campion. Romanian. June 12, 2014.
- Web site: DORIN GIURGIUCA (1944 - 2013). Romanian. Romanian Table Tennsi Federation. June 12, 2014. January 9, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210109123908/http://www.frtenismasa.ro/news/view.php?id=2509. dead.
- Web site: A murit Dorin Giurgiuca. June 12, 2014.
- Web site: Dorin Giurgiuca, unul dintre cei mai mari jucători de tenis de masă din toate timpurile, a murit la 67 de ani. Romanian. adevarul.ro. June 5, 2013. June 12, 2014.
