Career
He was selected to play in the Romania national basketball team 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 in Finland, 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 of all times. The readers chose him over the NBA player Gheorghe Muresan, of whom Horia had been mentor . The main sports hall in Cluj-Napoca is named after him, Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian".
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