SPORT POLICYAND HEROES IN THE ROMANIAN COMMUNISM BETWEEN 1945 AND 1965
Accepted
25 March 2026
Available Online
15 July 2013
Abstract
SPORT OCUPPIED A CENTRAL PLACE DURING THE COMMUNISM. THIS ARTICLE COMES TO EXPLAIN HOW THE COMMUNIST REGIME IMPOSED A NEW VISION UPON ROMANIAN SPORT AND IDEA OF A HERO. THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE WAY HOW THE ROMANIAN SPORT DEVELOPED AND OBSERVES THE PROCESS O F HEROIZATION, WHICH TRANSFORMS THE SPORT CHAMPIONS INTO HEROES OF A NATION. THE INTERNATIONALIST PERIOD OF ROMANIAN COMMUNISM DOESN’T MAKE ANY EXCEPTION. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE SPORT STARS WHO COME FROM THE ETHNIC OR NATIONAL MINORITIES DOMINATED THE LANDSCAPE OF SPORT PERFORMERS BETWEEN 1945 AND 1965.
Keywords
SPORT IN COMMUNISM
ROMANIA
HEROIZATION
SPORT
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