Gheorghe Covaciu

{{short description|Romanian handball player (born 1957)}}

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| image = Gheorghe Covaciu.jpg

| caption = Covaciu in the 1980s

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|8 July 1957}}

| birth_place = Buzău, Romania[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418044058/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/gheorghe-covaciu-1.html Gheorghe Covaciu]. sports-reference.com

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| height = 188 cm

| weight = 86 kg

| sport = Handball

| club = Dinamo Bucharest
HC Minaur Baia Mare
Benfica
Sporting CP
BM Ciudad Real[http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/gheorghe-covaciu Gheorghe Covaciu]. Romanian Olympic Committee

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{{MedalBronze| 1984 Los Angeles |Team}}

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Gheorghe Covaciu (born 8 July 1957) is a Romanian former handball player who won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the club level he played for Dinamo Bucharest, HC Minaur Baia Mare, Benfica and Sporting CP as well as BM Ciudad Real in Spain, before finishing his career in Germany and becoming a coach.

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