Cornel Penu

Cornel Penu ( born June 16, 1946 in Galaţi ) is a former Romanian handball goalkeeper. In his playing days, he weighed 87 kg at 1.91 meters body length.

Cornel Penu was keeper of Dinamo Bucharest. His first major tournament with the Romanian national team was the World Cup in 1967, when the Romanian team previously finished third in the tournament after two world titles. Three years later at the 1970 World Cup in France, Romania won in the final against the GDR.

The Romanian world champion were also among the favorites for the Olympic debut of hall handball at denOlympischen Games in 1972 in Munich. After a 14:13 defeat against the Yugoslav team Romanians reached only the match for third place, in which they won with 19:16 against the GDR. At the World Cup in 1974 in the GDR faced each other in the final four years ago, the Romanians and the GDR selection, the Romanians won the title with 14:12. In Montreal in 1976 reached the Romanians the Olympic final against the Soviet team, but subject clearly with 15:19.

The 266- times capped international Penu was a performer in its team at all the success of the Romanian team in the 1970s. In the final of the 1974 World Cup runners circle the GDR Wolfgang Lakenmacher temporarily left the field of play because he failed not only with all litters at Penu, but because laughing at him Penu also in each experiment. In 2000, the World Handball Magazine of ten national coaches had put together a handball team of the 20th century, as a goalkeeper nominated these professionals Cornel Penu.