Cezar Nica

Biographical information

RolesCoach
SexMale
Full nameCezar Paul•Nica
Used nameCezar•Nica
Born13 October 1940 in Codlea, Brașov (ROU)
Died17 December 2023 (aged 83 years 2 months 4 days)
AffiliationsDinamo București, București (ROU)
NOC Romania

Biography

Throughout the 1960s Cezar Nica played handball for Dinamo București where he won the EHF Champions League in 1965. As a mainstay on the Romanian national team Nica won the World Handball Championship in 1964 and 1970, and finished third in 1967. Following his playing career he turned to coaching in 1971, spending the next two decades with domestic teams in Romania. Nica’s coaching career peaked in 1992 when he was named the head coach of the national team for the Barcelona Olympics.

Coaching results

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1992 Summer Olympics Handball ROU Cezar Nica
Handball, Men (Olympic) Romania 8