Cornel Pelmuș

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameCornel•Pelmuș
Used nameCornel•Pelmuș
Born11 September 1933 in București (Bucharest), București (ROU)
Died24 November 2017
Measurements173 cm / 64 kg
NOC Romania

Biography

Cornel Pelmuș started as a youth as a foil fencer, but later moved to the sabre, competing in the team event at the 1960 Roma Olympics. Pelmuș was a three-time national junior champion and then won the Romanian sabre title in 1957-59. He later became a director at clubs in Bucarești, and eventually became a professor of physical culture at the Bucarești Emergency Clinical Hospital.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1960 Summer Olympics Fencing ROU Cornel Pelmuș
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Romania =5