Cornel Mărculescu

{{short description|Romanian water polo player}}

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| name = Cornel Mărculescu

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| nationality = Romanian

| sport = Water polo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|7|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania

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Cornel Mărculescu (born 17 July 1941) is a Romanian former water polo player.{{cite web|url=https://worldaquaticsconvention.com/speaker/cornel-marculescu-executive-director-fina/|title=Cornel Marculescu – Executive Director, FINA|work=FINA World Aquatics Convention|accessdate=21 June 2013}} He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/cornel-marculescu-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095420/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/cornel-marculescu-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Cornel Mărculescu Olympic Results |accessdate=29 November 2019}}

Mărculescu later was a referee, officiating the final of the 1972 Olympic water polo tournament.{{cite news |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1104943/fina-cornel-marculescu-off |publisher=Inside the Games |title=Marculescu steps down as FINA executive director after 35 years |date=3 March 2021 |access-date=13 July 2021 |author=Ali Iveson}} He then worked as the technical director for Spanish Swimming Federation for nearly 10 years. In 1986, he became the executive director of FINA, where he served until 2021.