The former great handball player Cornel Oțelea, who passed away on January 22, was buried, on Saturday, with military honors at the Ghencea 3 Cemetery in the Capital in the presence of approximately 150 people.
PHOTO: Facebook CSA Steaua
The news regarding the death was announced by the club for which he played in his career, CSA Steaua, on the Facebook account.
The 30th Guards Brigade “Mihai Viteazul” presented the honor and fired three artillery salvos during the funeral of the former handball player, who held the rank of general in the Romanian Army, writes Agerpres.
Among the participants were former colleagues from the Romanian national team, leaders from the world of sports, athletes, friends, family members and relatives.
The former handball player was led on the last road by the president of the Romanian Handball Federation, Constantin Din, general secretary Andrei Luca, former players and coaches Vasile Stângă, Radu Voina, Werner Stockl, Sebastian Bota, Marius Stavrositu, Bogdan Voina, Adrian Vasile, Eliodor Voica, Dumitru Berbece, Laurentiu Roșu, Aurelian Roșca and Remus Dragănescu.
The general secretary of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee, George Boroi, the president of the Romanian Weightlifting Federation, Alexandru Pădure, former basketball players Titus Tarău and Petre Brănișteanu, former football players Ștefan Iovan, Adrian Bumbescu, Dumitru Dumitriu and Mihai Stoichiță were also present. .
The Steaua Army Sports Club was represented by the president Răzvan Ștefan Bichir, the members of the football team and the coordinator of the children’s and junior center, George Ogăraru.
Oțelea will remain in the history of Romanian handball as the only one who won the World Championship three times with the national team, in 1961 (West Germany), 1964 (Czechoslovakia) and 1970 (France).
He also has the bronze medal from 1967, in Sweden. He played a total of 92 times for the Romanian national team, scoring 147 goals.
