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Ghiță Licu

1945 - 2014

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Gheorghe "Ghiţă" 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghiță Licu has received more than 9,623 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ghiță Licu is the 1,515th most popular athlete (down from 1,303rd in 2019), the 484th most popular biography from Romania (down from 430th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Romanian Athlete.

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  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ghiță Licu ranks 1,515 out of 6,025. Before him are Roger Kingdom, Erwin Casmir, József Kovács, Georgia Coleman, Jerome Biffle, and Waldemar Tietgens. After him are Frederick Sheffield, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Irmgard Praetz, Siegfried Purner, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, and Frank Odberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Ghiță Licu ranks 565. Before him are Wilma Mankiller, Muriel Casals i Couturier, Michael Hayden, Narendra Dabholkar, Anthony Braxton, and Javier Guzmán. After him are Pinarayi Vijayan, Chris Dreja, Harry Steevens, Gail Chanfreau, Kibonge Mafu, and Marianne Mendt. Among people deceased in 2014, Ghiță Licu ranks 453. Before him are Farley Mowat, Khushwant Singh, Eladio Herrera, Javier Guzmán, Albert Reynolds, and Steven R. Nagel. After him are Violetta Ferrari, John Houbolt, Franz Gabl, Anjali Devi, Gyula Sax, and Peter Matthiessen.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ghiță Licu ranks 484 out of 844. Before him are Laura Codruța Kövesi (1973), Vasile Deheleanu (1910), Constantin Gâlcă (1972), Vilmos Zombori (1906), Árpád Tóth (1886), and Pál Teleki (1906). After him are Károly Weichelt (1906), Ion Dumitru (1950), Gheorghe Fiat (1929), Otmar Szafnauer (1964), György Kulin (1905), and Cristi Puiu (1967).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Ghiță Licu ranks 21. Before him are Atanase Sciotnic (1942), Valeria Bufanu (1946), Constantin Alexandru (1953), Valeriu Bularca (1931), Ion Panțuru (1934), and Ion Drîmbă (1942). After him are Adriana Bazon (1963), Gabriela Szabo (1975), Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (1962), Vasile Tiță (1928), Paula Ivan (1963), and Vali Ionescu (1960).

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