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Cornel Penu

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Cornel Penu (born 16 June 1946) is a retired Romanian handball goalkeeper. He earned 257 caps with the national team and won the world title in 1970 and 1974 and two Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976. He was named Best Goalkeeper at the 1974 World Championships, and was selected for the World Team three times: in 1973, 1975 and 1976. Penu took up handball in his hometown in 1958, and after enrolling to the University of Galați he played for Știința Galați. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cornel Penu is the 16,478th most popular politician (down from 14,542nd in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from Romania (down from 373rd in 2019) and the 148th most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cornel Penu ranks 16,478 out of 19,576. Before him are Agathocles of Bactria, Prince Félix of Luxembourg, Giorgio de' Buondelmonti, Mark Parkinson, Gadi Eisenkot, and Georges Lacombe. After him are Sükhbaataryn Batbold, Mykhailo Podolyak, Kazimierz Laskowski, Ion Chicu, Rædwulf of Northumbria, and Fernando Chui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Cornel Penu ranks 664. Before him are Loleatta Holloway, Julius Sang, Marc Faber, Elisabeth Sladen, Richard LeParmentier, and Julie Garwood. After him are Dennis Kucinich, Susan Lucci, Patrick Rambaud, Alfonso Lara, Uli Vos, and Steven R. Nagel.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Cornel Penu ranks 479 out of 844. Before him are Gusztáv Juhász (1911), Florin Cîțu (1972), Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (1962), Monica Lovinescu (1923), Liviu Dragnea (1962), and Octav Băncilă (1872). After him are Paula Ivan (1963), Vasile Deheleanu (1910), Ioachim Moldoveanu (1913), Alma Gluck (1884), Dacian Cioloș (1969), and Árpád Tóth (1886).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Cornel Penu ranks 148. Before him are Manolache Costache Epureanu (1823), Victor Ciorbea (1954), Teoctist Arăpașu (1915), Ștefan Golescu (1809), Florin Cîțu (1972), and Liviu Dragnea (1962). After him are Dacian Cioloș (1969), Gheorghe Fiat (1929), Alexandru Athanasiu (1955), Mihai Tudose (1967), Elisabeta Lipă (1964), and Sorin Grindeanu (1973).

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