Horia Demian was a Romanian basketball player who played for U Cluj (Ştiinţa Cluj between 1951-1965, currently U Mobitelco Cluj) from 1960 until 1970 http://www.frbaschet.ro/index.php?page=jucator&id_jucator=1019. During that period U Cluj finished 2nd in one season and 3rd in four seasons in the Romanian Basketball Division A

Romanian Basketball Division A

The Divizia A is the top-tier professional basketball league of Romania. There are 16 teams in Men's Division A.The regular season begins in October and is played over a normal round-robin home-and-away basis. The first 8 clubs qualify for the play-offs. The play-offs are played using the knock-out...

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Career

He was selected to play in the Romania national basketball team

Romania national basketball team

The Romanian national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Romania in international competitions. Romania has 17 appearances for the EuroBasket competition and reached two time the 5th place, but never managed to qualify for the Basketball World Championship...

 165 times and received the award "Maestru al Sportului" from the Romanian Basketball Federation in 1964. He took part in 4 Eurobasket tournaments, including the Eurobasket 1967

EuroBasket 1967

-Venues:-Final rankings:# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # First roundGroup A - HelsinkiGroup B - Tampere-Places 13 - 16 in Tampere:-Places 9 - 12 in Helsinki:-Places 5 - 8 in Tampere:...

 in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, where Romania classified fifth, its best classification in history.
After ending his career as player he continued as coach.

Although receiving offers to play elsewhere, including the American professional league, he remained loyal to his team. In 2005, the readers from the newspaper Ziarul Clujeanului voted him the best basketball player from Cluj-Napoca

Cluj-Napoca

Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...

 of all times. The readers chose him over the NBA player Gheorghe Muresan

Gheorghe Muresan

Gheorghe Dumitru Mureşan, , also known as Ghiţă or George, is a retired Romanian professional basketball player. At 7 ft 7 in , he is one of the tallest players in NBA history, along with Sudanese player Manute Bol, who was also 7 ft 7 in. Both Mureşan's parents are of average size, and,...

, of whom Horia had been mentor http://www.clujeanul.ro/articol/ziar/cluj/castigatorii-topului-zc-sport/8668/29/. The main sports hall in Cluj-Napoca is named after him, Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian".

Education

He obtained a Pharmacy degree from the Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy is the continuation of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, which was founded in 1919 at Cluj, as a part of the University of Cluj. The faculty has over 9,000 national and international students, as well as over 850 teachers and...

 in Cluj-Napoca

Cluj-Napoca

Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...

and a Ph.D. in Chemistry.