Vintilă Cristescu

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Vintilǎ Cristescu
Personal information
NationalityRomanian
Sport
SportLong-distance running
Event(s)Marathon

Vintilǎ Cristescu was a Romanian long-distance runner and a football player.

Career[]

Vintilă Cristescu was a football player in the 1910s at Colțea București.[1][2][3] In 1920, together with Colțea București teammates Iacobescu and Puiu Pavel, they founded Colțea Brașov, a team that would win the national championship in the 1927–28 season with Cristescu as the team's leader.[2][4][5][6] His long-distance runner career began in 1921 when he won the first national marathon race held in Romania, running 42,192 km.[3][4][6] He went on to win the national marathon championship four more times (1923, 1925, 1926, 1927), also participating at the 1924 "Pannonian Games" and at the marathon from the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1][3][4][6][7][8] Vintilă Cristescu was also a colonel in the Romanian Army.[1][5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Atlet info nr.1" (in Romanian). Issuu.com. 14 February 2017. p. 13. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "A fost odată Colțea Brașov, campioana României la fotbal" [It was once Colțea Brașov, the Romanian football champion] (in Romanian). 7sport.ro. 25 December 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Cupa Colţea - Trofeul "Vintilă Cristescu" are loc sâmbătă în Parcul Sportiv Tractorul" [Colţea Cup - "Vintilă Cristescu" Trophy takes place on Saturday in Tractorul Sports Park] (in Romanian). Bzb.ro. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Marile personalități sportive nu au fost uitate" [The great sports personalities have not been forgotten] (in Romanian). Bzb.ro. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "De trei ori Cristescu" [Three times Cristescu] (in Romanian). Lastegaru.ro. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Ludovic Gall, maratonistul care a plecat din Brașov și a cucerit Balcanii în anii '30" [Ludovic Gall, the marathon runner who left Brașov and conquered the Balkans in the 1930s] (in Romanian). Atletinfo.ro. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vintilǎ Cristescu Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Vintilă Cristescu". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

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