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}}<p>'''Octavian Vintilă''' (born 22 June 1938) is a Romanian [[Fencing|fencer]]. He competed at the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]], [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]], and [[1972 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="sports-reference2">{{cite web |url = http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/octavian-vintila-1.html|title = Octavian Vintilă Olympic Results|accessdate = 2010-12-20|work = sports-reference.com}}</ref>. He is a Pan American Games champion, semifinalist at the Olympic Games – Munich 1972, recipient of the International Olympic Committee’s Fair Play Award. </p><p>'''Career'''. After the Munich Olympics, Octavian Vintila retired from high level fencing and started a lifetime career in sports reporting for Romania's public radio station. He remained an officer of the Romanian army through his lifetime affiliation with his club, Steaua Bucharest, and became a well known voice in sports reporting. He studied physical education (ANEF) and journalism, and covered all the Olympics until Beijing, 2008. One of his epic broadcasts was the artistic gymnastics competition at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which opposed Nadia Comaneci (ROU) and Elena Davydova (USSR) for the gold medal in the all-around contest, and which was marked by a 38 minutes judging scandal over Nadia Comaneci's beam score. Octavian Vintila covered live the 38 minutes suspension of the competition and highlighted on the public station Radio Romania the political stakes of the struggle for the gold medal between the two countries. He later admitted that his statement was made (and considered) as a political contestation of USSR's political supremacy over Romania. After 1990, Octavian Vintila became the voice of the early morning countrywide broadcast "Matinal". His famous opening line "Sarutmana doamnelor si domnisoarelor, buna dimineata domnilor" became a cult phrase among millions in Romania. Octavian Vintila was the president of the Romanian National Sports Journalism Association (NSJA Romania, am member of the International Sports Press Association) <ref name="AIPS">{{cite web |url = http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=604&tp=n#.VshilYSJoU0}}</ref>. </p><p>'''Books'''. Octavian Vintila published three books. </p>

* ''[http://www.anticariatulnou.ro/carti/fotbal/steaua-performanta-si-prestigiu.html Steaua, performanță și prestigiu]'' - with. C. Topescu (about Steaua Bucharest's historic win of the Champions' League in 1986)
'''Octavian Vintilă''' (22 June 1938 – 20 April 2024) was a Romanian [[fencing|fencer]]. He competed at the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]] and [[1972 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/octavian-vintila-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115707/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/octavian-vintila-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Octavian Vintilă Olympic Results |accessdate=2010-12-20 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> He died on 20 April 2024, at the age of 85.<ref>[https://www.digisport.ro/special/octavian-vintila-a-murit-a-ramas-in-istorie-drept-vocea-de-la-radio-care-a-comentat-sase-editii-ale-jocurilor-olimpice-2928171 Octavian Vintilă a murit! A rămas în istorie drept vocea de la Radio care a comentat șase ediții ale Jocurilor Olimpice] {{in lang|ro}}</ref>
* ''[http://www.targulcartii.ro/paul-grigoriu/canguri-la-toate-interpress-2001-500610 Canguri la toate]'' - with P. Grigoriu (about the Olympic Games in Sydney, 2000)

* ''[http://www.librarie24.ro/librarie-dincolo-de-marele-zid-carte-9983.html Dincolo de marele zid]'' - with P. Grigoriu (about the Olympic Games in Beijing, 2008)
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<p>'''Family'''. Octavian Vintila's lifetime partner is his university girlfriend, Gratia Vintila, an ex-gymnast and physical education high-school professor. The couple married on the 4th of November, 1964, and has two children: Andreea, a research professor of social psychology and a sports psychologist; and Radu, an electronics engineer and special effects expert for animation movies, a member of the enlarged Romanian Olympic fencing team for Barcelona 1992, and a Masters Champion of Australia in men's sabre. Gratia and Octavian Vintila have three grandchildren: Laura, a multiple Champion of France and 3rd European <ref name="FFN">{{cite web |url = http://ffn.extranat.fr/webffn/histo.php?idact=ns&idyear=2014&idmonth=9}}</ref> in synchronised swimming; Luca, a multiple swimming champion of French Schools in Asia; and Roni.</p>
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Latest revision as of 10:27, 21 April 2024

Octavian Vintilă
Personal information
Born(1938-06-22)22 June 1938
Ploieşti, Romania
Died20 April 2024(2024-04-20) (aged 85)
Sport
SportFencing

Octavian Vintilă (22 June 1938 – 20 April 2024) was a Romanian fencer. He competed at the 1964 and 1972 Summer Olympics.[1] He died on 20 April 2024, at the age of 85.[2]

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  1. ^ "Octavian Vintilă Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. ^ Octavian Vintilă a murit! A rămas în istorie drept vocea de la Radio care a comentat șase ediții ale Jocurilor Olimpice (in Romanian)
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