ATHLETE

Ghiță Licu

1945 - 2014

Photo of Ghiță Licu

Icon of person Ghiță Licu

Gheorghe "Ghiță" Licu (1 December 1945 – 8 April 2014) was a Romanian handball pivot player. Between 1966 and 1976 he capped 197 times for the national team and scored 328 goals, winning world titles in 1970 and 1974 and Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976. Domestically he played his entire career from 1964 to 1980 for Dinamo Bucuresti, winning the national titles in 1965, 1966 and 1978 and the Romanian Cup in 1979. After retiring from competitions Licu became a handball coach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ghiță Licu is the 1,919th most popular athlete (down from 1,537th in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from Romania (down from 484th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Romanian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ghiță Licu by language

Loading...

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ghiță Licu ranks 1,919 out of 6,025. Before him are Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, John James Shepherd, Olle Larsson, Raoul Paoli, Josef Horešovský, and Johannes Terwogt. After him are Ronald Lopatni, Cyril Slater, Clarence Oldfield, Marga Petersen, Jacek Wszoła, and Yelena Petushkova.

Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Ghiță Licu ranks 592. Before him are Daniel Ona Ondo, Manuel Chaves, Nicholas Meyer, Besarion Gugushvili, Herman Cain, and Kinza Clodumar. After him are Ousmane Issoufi Maïga, Georg Volkert, Bjarni Tryggvason, Shatrughan Sinha, Susan Haack, and Uri Rosenthal. Among people deceased in 2014, Ghiță Licu ranks 475. Before him are Ernest Mühlen, Maxine Kumin, Lynsey de Paul, Annemarie Buchner, Çolpan İlhan, and Mae Young. After him are Ralph Giordano, Howard Baker, Peter Matthiessen, Patrice Wymore, Uroš Marović, and Jeremiah Denton.

Others Born in 1945

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2014

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ghiță Licu ranks 489 out of 844. Before him are Alma Gluck (1884), Dacian Cioloș (1969), Árpád Tóth (1886), Gheorghe Fiat (1929), Sofia Corban (1956), and Vilmos Zombori (1906). After him are Nicolae Pescaru (1943), Rudolf Kotormány (1911), Petre Steinbach (1906), Ion Dumitru (1950), Pál Teleki (1906), and Gheorghe Ciolac (1908).

Others born in Romania

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Ghiță Licu ranks 25. Before him are Vasile Tiță (1928), Leon Rotman (1934), Constantin Alexandru (1953), Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (1962), Paula Ivan (1963), and Sofia Corban (1956). After him are Sanda Toma (1956), Chira Apostol (1960), Fița Lovin (1951), Elena Horvat (1958), Costică Dafinoiu (1954), and Gabriela Szabo (1975).

Romanian born Athletes

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous