Sport in Romania is an important part of the country's culture. Romania has risen to prominence in a number of sporting areas in recent decades. Association football is the most popular sport in Romania, a nation of 20 million. The most successful club is Steaua Bucharest, who were the first Eastern European side to win the European Cup and the European Supercup in 1986. Romania is one of only four national teams from Europe that took part in the first World Cup in 1930. The Romania national football team has taken part in seven FIFA World Cups and had its most successful run during the 1990s, when they reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, losing to Sweden in the penalty shootout. Romania was ranked third by FIFA in 1997.
Maja Ognjenović is a Serbian professional volleyball player of the Serbia women's national volleyball team and a two-time Olympic medalist. She is a four-time Olympian at the setter position. Ognjenović won gold with the national team at the 2018 World Championship, and the 2011/2019 edition of the European Championship, silver at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Margareta "Maggie" Kozuch is a German female volleyball player who played for Atom Trefl Sopot, and previously played as a wing-spiker for TuS Berne Hamburg, CVMJ Hamburg, TV Fischbek, and Unicom Starker Kerakoll Sassuolo.
Jeoselyna Rodríguez Santos is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Grand Champions Cup. She won the 2009 NORCECA Championship gold medal, bronze in the 2007 edition and the gold medal at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games playing with the Dominican Republic national team. She also won the gold medal at the 2010 Pan-American Cup and the silver at the 2009 and 2013 editions.
Tsvetelina Zarkova is a Bulgarian female volleyball player. She is a member of the Bulgaria women's national volleyball team and plays for CS Știința Bacău. She was part of the Bulgarian national team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy.
Alina Speranţa Ilie Albu is a Romanian female volleyball player, who plays as a middle blocker. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Maria-Eugenia Chivorchian is a retired Romanian female volleyball player, who played as a universal. She is daughter of Gheorghe Chivorchian.
Andreea-Florina Constantinescu is a retired Romanian female volleyball player.
Mirela Corjeutanu is a retired Romanian female volleyball player, who played as a universal.
Carmen-Alida Cioroianu Marcovici is a retired Romanian female volleyball player, who played as a middle blocker.
Florentina Nedelcu is a retired Romanian female volleyball player, who played as a wing spiker.
Cristina-Lucreția Pîrv is a Romanian female volleyball player, who played as a wing spiker. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Brazil., 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany, and 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship.
Luminita-Gabriela Trombitas is a retired Romanian female volleyball player, who played as a setter. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany. On club level she played with Petrarca Padua.
Carmen Țurlea is a Romanian female volleyball player, who plays as an opposite.
Zoran Terzić is a Serbian volleyball coach. He was the coach of the Serbia women's national volleyball team between 2002 and 2022, and under his leadership the team won 20 European, World and Olympic medals. On club level he coaches Fenerbahçe SK.
Nicoleta Manu is a retired Romanian female volleyball player, who plays as a libero. She is part of the Romania women's national volleyball team and plays for Divizia A1 side CS Știința Bacău.
Anca Bergmann is a Romanian female former volleyball player, playing as a middle-blocker. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Elena Butnaru is a retired Romanian female volleyball player, who played as a middle blocker.
Patty Dowdell is a retired volleyball player who primarily was on the United States women's national volleyball team from 1974 to 1980. With the national team, Dowdell and the United States finished in seventh at the 1977 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup and fifth at the 1978 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. After playing at the 1979 Pan American Games, Dowdell was part of the American volleyball team that boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. She resumed playing on the national team in the early 1980s and did not play any games at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Outside of the national team, Dowdell played for the Dallas Belles and Chicago Breeze in the Major League Volleyball during the late 1980s.
Tuğba Şenoğlu İvegin is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 1.84 m tall and plays in the wing spiker position for Kuzeyboru GSK in Turkey. She is part of the team which qualified for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics.
