Cornel Penu

{{short description|Romanian handball player (born 1946)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}

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| image = Cornel Penu.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|16 June 1946}}

| birth_place = Buzău, Romania{{cite web|url=http://www.sansabuzoiana.ro/sport.html?aid=20559|title=Cornel Penu: "De 6 ani am ales Franţa, după 9 petrecuţi în Maroc"|language=Romanian|accessdate=19 May 2014}}

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| height = 191 cm{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Cornel Penu |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/cornel-penu-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203191140/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/cornel-penu-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}

| weight = 87 kg

| sport = Handball

| club = Dinamo Bucharest[http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/cornel-penu Cornel Penu]. Romanian Olympic Committee

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1972 Munich |Team}}

{{MedalSilver| 1976 Montreal |Team}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championship}}

{{MedalBronze | 1967 Sweden| Team}}

{{MedalGold | 1970 France| Team}}

{{MedalGold | 1974 East Germany| Team}}

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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,{{cite web|url=http://www.frh.ro/ANEXA%202%20NUM2.htm|title="80 de ani de handbal in Romania" 1921 – 2001|language=Romanian|accessdate=19 May 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404214835/http://www.frh.ro/ANEXA%202%20NUM2.htm|archivedate=4 April 2012|df=dmy-all}} 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. He graduated in 1968 from the Machine Construction Technology Department.{{cite web|url=http://www.viata-libera.ro/sport/43199-fostul-mare-handbalist-cornel-penu-a-fost-la-galati-la-45-de-ani-de-la-absolvirea-facultatii|title=Fostul mare handbalist Cornel Penu a fost la Galaţi, la 45 de ani de la absolvirea Facultăţii|language=Romanian|accessdate=19 May 2014}} The same year he moved to Dinamo Bucharest, where he stayed until his retirement in 1980. After that he coached goalkeepers for Dinamo Bucharest and for the Romanian national team. He left Romania in 1993 to work as a coach in Morocco, and as of 2012 he was living in France.{{cite web|title=Eroi au fost eroi sunt inca|url=http://www.independent-al.ro/reportaj/eroi--au-fost-eroi-sunt-inca.html|language=Romanian|accessdate=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128123116/http://www.independent-al.ro/reportaj/eroi--au-fost-eroi-sunt-inca.html|archive-date=28 January 2013|url-status=dead}}

One of Penu's hobbies is painting.{{cite web|url=http://www.gsp.ro/gsp-special/diverse/citeste-doar-in-editia-tiparita-de-azi-gazeta-l-a-regasit-pe-marele-handbalist-cornel-penu-portar-si-pictor-380200-galerie-foto-pic-545949.html#poza_mare|title=Cornel Penu, portar si pictor|language=Romanian|accessdate=19 May 2014}}