Ion Mocanu (born 8 September 1962) is a Romanian former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

er and current coach. He played in France and when he came back in Romania, he continued handball at Dinamo. Named the best pivot in 1992 and one of the longest-serving Romanian handball players, Ion Mocanu wore the Dinamo jersey until the age of 43. He competed in the men's tournament at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

Honours

;Club ;Dinamo București * Romanian League: 1985–86 *Romanian Cup: 1987–88 ;Montpellier *

French League The French League (: "French League for Purge, purging, mutual aid (politics), mutual aid and European integration, European collaboration") was a Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, collaborationist French movement founded by Pier ...

: 1994–95 ;International ;Romania * 1990 World Championship – Bronze * 1985 World University Games – Gold * 1987 World University Games – Gold

References

1962 births Living people Romanian male handball players CS Dinamo București (men's handball) players Montpellier Handball players Olympic handball players for Romania Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Romanian handball coaches Place of birth missing (living people) Paris Saint-Germain Handball players Romanian expatriate handball players in France 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-handball-bio-stub