Vintilă Cristescu Explained

Vintilǎ Cristescu
Nationality:Romanian
Sport:Long-distance running
Event:Marathon
Birth Date:1896
Death Date:October

Vintilǎ Cristescu (1896  - October 1971) was a Romanian long-distance runner and a football player.

Career

Vintilă Cristescu was a football player in the 1910s at Colțea București.[1] [2] [3] In 1920, together with Colțea București teammates Iacobescu and Puiu Pavel, they founded Colțea Brașov, a team that would win the national championship in the 1927–28 season with Cristescu as the team's leader.[2] [4] [5] [6] His long-distance runner career began in 1921 when he won the first national marathon race held in Romania, running 42,192 km.[3] [4] [6] He went on to win the national marathon championship four more times (1923, 1925, 1926, 1927), also participating at the 1924 "Pannonian Games" and at the marathon from the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1] [3] [4] [6] [7] [8]

Cristescu was also a colonel in the Romanian Army[1] [5] who fought in World War II with the Vânători de munte elite mountain troops.[9] His father, captain Sava Cristescu, had fought in World War I at the Battle of Brașov.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlet info nr.1 . Issuu.com. Romanian . 13. 14 February 2017 . 6 June 2021.
  2. Web site: A fost odată Colțea Brașov, campioana României la fotbal . 7sport.ro. Romanian . It was once Colțea Brașov, the Romanian football champion. 25 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141023113840/https://7sport.ro/fost-odata-coltea-brasov-campioana-romaniei-fotbal/. 6 June 2021. 23 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Cupa Colțea - Trofeul "Vintilă Cristescu" are loc sâmbătă în Parcul Sportiv Tractorul. Bzb.ro. Dan. Neacșa. Romanian . Colțea Cup - "Vintilă Cristescu" Trophy takes place on Saturday in Tractorul Sports Park. 22 October 2019 . 6 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Marile personalități sportive nu au fost uitate. Dan. Vintilă. Bzb.ro. Romanian . The great sports personalities have not been forgotten. 28 April 2007 . 6 June 2021.
  5. Web site: De trei ori Cristescu. Lastegaru.ro. Romanian . Three times Cristescu. 8 January 2012 . 6 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Ludovic Gall, maratonistul care a plecat din Brașov și a cucerit Balcanii în anii '30. Prescornițoiu. Silviu . Atletinfo.ro. Romanian . Ludovic Gall, the marathon runner who left Brașov and conquered the Balkans in the 1930s. 10 June 2020 . 6 June 2021.
  7. Vintilǎ Cristescu Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083554/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/vintila-cristescu-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 29 April 2017.
  8. Web site: Vintilă Cristescu . Olympedia . 6 June 2021.
  9. Web site: Vintilă Cristescu și Vasile Scârneci, doi dintre "diavolii verzi" de la Brașov. ro. Vintilă Cristescu and Vasile Scârneci, two of the "green devils" from Brașov. presco.ro. Prescornițoiu. Silviu . November 18, 2020. February 13, 2022.
  10. News: Am fost odată campioni. ro. We were once champions. Gazeta Brașovului. April 11, 2018. February 13, 2022.

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