Bogdan Rath

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Bogdan Rath
Personal information
Born (1972-06-28) 28 June 1972 (age 52)
Bucharest, Romania
Sport
Sport Water polo
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg Italy
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Barcelona Team competition
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2001 BudapestTeam competition
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Tunis Team competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Almeria Team competition

Bogdan Rath (born 28 June 1972) is a Romanian and later Italian water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (for Romania) and in the 2004 Summer Olympics (for Italy). [1] In June 2022, he became the coach of the Romanian national polo team and the Steaua Bucharest club team.

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Player career

Romania

He won the national championship 5 times with the Steaua Bucharest team and the Romanian Cup 2 times with the Steaua Bucharest team. He ranked 4th at the European Championship in Sheffield with the Romanian National Team and participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with the Romanian national team.

He started playing at the age of 8, registered since 1980 at the CSS 1 Bucharest club with which he won 2 national titles. As a junior he was selected for the European Junior Championship in 1989. At the age of 17, in 1989 he started playing in the first division at the Sportul Studențesc Bucharest club, later continuing to be registered at the Steaua Bucharest Club from 1991 to 1996 when he moved to Italy at first division club Paguros Catania, with whom he won the Cairo Comen Cup in 1996.

Italy

Club activity
National team

Coaching career

CSA Steaua Bucharest

In only 18 months he won 2 Romanian cups and 1 Romanian super league (being declared the best coach) with Steaua and reached the quarterfinals of the Len cup.

National team coach

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bogdan Rath". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. „Bogdan Rath”. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Arhivat din original la 18 aprilie 2020. Accesat în 15 mai 2012.