Ioan (or Ion) Bogolea (born 1940, died ?[1]) was a Romanian handball player, who was double world champion. He was a goalkeeper.

Ioan Bogolea
Medal record
Men's Handball
Representing  Romania
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1961 Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 1964 Czekoslovakia Team
World University Handball Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Sweden Team

After playing for Flamura Roșie Sighișoara,[2] he transferred to Dinamo Bucharest.

He won the world championships twice with the Romanian team, in 1961 in Germany and in 1964 in Czekoslovakia.[3]

He won a bronze medal in the World University Championship in Lund, Sweden in 1963.[2]

As a member of Dinamo Bucharest he won, among others, the national championship and the EHF Champions League.[2]

Awards edit

  • Master of Sport, 1961[4]
  • Honored Master of Sport, 1964[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "România sărbătoreşte 50 de ani de glorie în handbal! Când eram regii lumii" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "RECONSTRUCŢIE – CONSOLIDARE – GLORIE PRIMELE MEDALII" (PDF) (in Romanian). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  3. ^ "Profile – Ioan BOGOLEA". Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "80 de ani de handbal in Romania" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2014.