Vintilǎ Cristescu (1896 – October 1971) was a Romanian long-distance runner and a football player.
[1][2][3] In 1920, together with Colțea București teammates Iacobescu and Puiu Pavel, they founded Colțea Brașov, a team that would win the national championship in the 1927–28 season with Cristescu as the team's leader.
[2][4][5][6] His long-distance runner career began in 1921 when he won the first national marathon race held in Romania, running 42,192 km.
[1][3][4][6][7][8] Cristescu was also a colonel in the Romanian Army[1][5] who fought in World War II with the Vânători de munte elite mountain troops.
[9] His father, captain Sava Cristescu, had fought in World War I at the Battle of Brașov.