Radu Voina

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Radu Voina
Personal information
Born (1950-07-29) 29 July 1950 (age 73)
Șaeș, Romania [1]
Nationality Romanian
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Right back
Youth career
YearsTeam
0000–1969
 Voinţa Sighişoara
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1969–1972
 Universitatea București
1972–1991
 Steaua Bucharest
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 269 (495)
Teams managed
1980–1991
 Steaua (Player-coach)
1983–1984
 Romania
1991–1996
 Racing Strasbourg
1996–2000
 SC Sélestat HB
2001–2004
 Romania
2003–2005
 ASL Robertsau HB
2006–2007
 Steaua Bucharest
2008–2012
 Romania (women)
2009–2010
 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
2011–2012
 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
Medal record
Olympic Games
Representing Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1976 Montreal Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1972 Munich Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1980 Moscow Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1974 East Germany Team
Coach for men's handball
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Team
Coach for women's handball
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Denmark & Norway Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 June 2012

Radu Voina (born 29 July 1950) is a Romanian former handball player and current head coach.

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Playing career

He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the 1980 Summer Olympics.

In 1972, he won the bronze medal with the Romanian team. He played four matches.

Four years later, he won the silver medal as part of the Romanian team. He played all five matches and scored five goals.

In 1980, he was a member of the Romania men's national handball team which won the bronze medal. He played four matches and scored four goals.

In the 1974 World Men's Handball Championship edition, Radu Voina became world champion with Romania.

In 1977, he won the EHF Champions League with Steaua Bucharest. He won the gold medal at the World University games in 1973 (Sweden), 1975 (Romania), 1977 (Poland).

Coaching career

Voina began his coaching career with Steaua, he led them to nine national championships and one EHF Champions League final. He then led Romania to a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He has coached among others French sides ASL Robertsau, Sélestat Alsace, RC Strasbourg, and the Romanian national men's handball team (twice), and the Romanian national women's handball team. Between February 2009 and May 2010 he was also the head coach of CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea. [2]

In the 2009–2010 season, he managed to qualify his team CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea in the Women's EHF Champions League Final for the first time in the history of the club. Unfortunately his side lost to Viborg HK.

Voina coached the Romanian national team to a third-place finish in the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship.

At the end of the season, Radu Voina decided to take a break so he didn't renew his expired contract with CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea, but he remained the coach of Romania.

In March 2011, he replaced Anja Andersen on the bench of the Romanian team CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea. [3]

His contracts with both Romania and Oltchim expired in June 2012 and Voina decided not to renew them. [4] [5]

Distinctions

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Antrenorul Oltchimului, Radu Voina, voia să fie preot!" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Radu Voina pleaca de la Oltchim" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ "EXCLUSIV// Voina: "Încercăm să remediem din mers ce se mai poate" (Romanian)" . Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  4. ↑ "Radu Voina said "Goodbye" – Romania looking for a new NT head coach!". Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  5. ↑ "COMUNICAT DE PRESA (Romanian)" . Retrieved 2012-06-07.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Palmares de onoare" (PDF) (in Romanian). February 18, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Băsescu a decorat 47 de foşti handbalişi, glorii ale anilor '60 şi '70" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 27, 2014.

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