The Romania men's national basketball team represents Romania in international basketball competition. The team is administered by the Romanian Basketball Federation (FRB).
Romania competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 124 competitors, 71 men and 53 women, took part in 86 events in 13 sports. Notably, Romania was the only Eastern Bloc nation to participate at these Games; all others followed the Soviet Union's boycott of the Games. The Romanian athletes were greeted with warm applause and even a standing ovation from the spectators as they entered the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the opening ceremony, in part an affirmation of the nation's defiance of the boycott. The Romanian Olympic team was phenomenally successful at the games, ultimately placing second to the United States in the gold medal tally.
Romania competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 44 competitors, 33 men and 11 women, took part in 35 events in 10 sports.
Gheorghe Megelea is a retired Romanian javelin thrower who won a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics. In 1977–78, he defected via Great Britain to Canada.
Ionuţ Gheorghe is a boxer from Romania.
Gheorghe Constantin was a Romanian former footballer and coach. Known as The Professor, he was a symbol of Steaua București.
Gheorghe Gruia Marinescu was a Romanian handball player, coach and sports official. Born in Bucharest, Gruia won the gold medal in the 1964 World Handball Championship and the 1970 World Championship. In the 1972 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal with the Romanian team and become the top scorer of the competition with 37 goals. He played as a right back and spent his entire professional career with Steaua Bucharest.
Cornel Gheorghe is a Romanian figure skating coach and former competitor. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where he placed 14th, and at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 21st.
Gheorghe Andriev is a Romanian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996.
Gheorghe Danielov was a Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in doubles together with Gheorghe Simionov. They won a silver medal in the 1000 m event at the 1976 Olympics, placing fourth over 500 m, and four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold and three silvers.
Gheorghe Simionov is a retired Romanian sprint canoeist. He competed in 500 m and 1000 m doubles at the 1976 Olympics, together with Gheorghe Danilov, and placed fourth and second, respectively. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds, five silvers, and two bronzes. After 1975 he raced together with his younger brother Toma.
Gheorge Negrea was a boxer from Romania.
Gheorghe Berceanu was a Romanian light-flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the world title in 1969 and 1972, the European title in 1970, 1972, and 1973, and an Olympic gold medal in 1972 in Munich and a silver in 1976 in Montreal. Berceanu spent most of his career at Steaua București, and later worked there as a coach.
Covaci is the Romanian form of the name Kovač (Ковач), meaning "forger" or "blacksmith" in Slavic languages.
Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București is a Romanian professional handball club based in Bucharest, that competes in the Liga Națională, the top flight of Romanian handball. Nicknamed "the Red Dogs", the club was founded in 1948. The club's home ground is the Sala Polivalentă Dinamo in Sector 2, to which it moved in 2013. Dinamo București are among Romania's most successful clubs, having won over twenty competitive honours, including 20 top-flight titles, 8 Romanian Cups, 7 Romanian Supercups, and 1 EHF Champions League. Dinamo București has rivalry with Steaua București.
Gheorghe Pirvan is a Romanian rower.
Marin Gheorghe is a retired Romanian rowing coxswain. He competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won a silver medal in eights in 1992. At the world championships he won 12 medals between 1987 and 2001, including four gold medals.
Gheorghe Benția was a Romanian rugby union player. He played as a wing.
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian women's handball club from Cluj-Napoca, that plays in the Liga Națională.
Ovidiu Covaciu is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sâncrai Nazna. Covaciu debuted in Liga I for Gaz Metan Mediaș and played in Liga II for Dacia Unirea Brăila and in Liga III for teams such as: Arieșul Turda, Avântul Reghin, Metalurgistul Cugir or Unirea Jucu.
