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Radu Voina (born 29 July 1950 in Șaeș, Mureș County) is a Romanian former handball player and current head coach.

Radu Voina
Personal information
Born	(1950-07-29) 29 July 1950 (age 71) Șaeș, Romania[1]
Nationality	Romanian
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Right back
Youth career
Years	Team
0000–1969	Voinţa Sighişoara
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1969–1972	Universitatea București
1972–1991	Steaua Bucharest
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	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  Romania 1976 Montreal Team 1972 Munich Team 1980 Moscow Team World Championship 1974 East Germany Team Coach for men's handball Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team Coach for women's handball European Championships 2010 Denmark & Norway Team
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2012

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

• In 1973, he was named a Master of Sports ("Maestru al sportului")[6]
• In 1974, he was named an Honored Master of Sports ("Maestru emerit al sportului")[6]
• In 1980, he was selected twice as one of the World Team members.[6]
• In 1992, he was named an Honored Coach ("Antrenor emerit")[6]
• A multi-purpose sports hall in Sighişoara is named after him.
• In 2009, he was decorated by Romanian president Traian Băsescu with the order "Meritul Sportiv" Second Class.[7]

Footnotes

External links

• Olympics profile

На других языках

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- [en] Radu Voina

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[fr] Radu Voina

Radu Voina, né le 29 juillet 1950 à Sighișoara, est un handballeur international roumain, évoluant au poste d'arrière puis entraîneur.

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[it] Radu Voina

Radu Voina (29 luglio 1950) è un ex pallamanista rumeno.

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