Noemi Lung Zaharia is a retired butterfly, freestyle and medley swimmer from Romania, who won two individual medley medals at the 1988 Olympics. A year before she collected a record five gold medals at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb.
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.
Ştefan Birtalan was a Romanian handball player, coach and sports official.
Cristian Gațu is a retired Romanian handball player. He earned 212 caps with the national team, winning the world title in 1970 and 1974 and medalling at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. After retiring from competitions he became a coach and sports official, appointed as Secretary of State for Youth and Sports in 1991–1993 and President of the Romanian Handball Federation in 1997–2014.
Anita Görbicz is a Hungarian former professional handballer who played for Győri ETO KC and the Hungary national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, and was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2005 by the International Handball Federation. Görbicz has also been given the nickname the Queen of Handball internationally.
Cristian Malmagro Viaña is a Spanish handballer who plays for CB Ciudad de Logroño. He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the Spain men's national handball team. The team won a bronze medal, defeating Croatia.
The following teams competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Carmen Dolores Martín Berenguer is a Spanish handballer who plays as a right wing for IK Sävehof and the Spanish national team.
Amandine Suzanne Monique Leynaud is a former French professional handball player. She is openly lesbian and she and her wife Annabelle are parents to Marcel and Mila. She is currently the goalkeeping coach of the French national handball team.
Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru is a Romanian retired professional handball player who last played for CSM București. She was a member of the Romanian national team.
Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București is a Romanian professional handball club based in Bucharest, that competes in the Liga Națională, the top flight of Romanian handball. Nicknamed "the Red Dogs", the club was founded in 1948. The club's home ground is the Sala Polivalentă Dinamo in Sector 2, to which it moved in 2013. Dinamo București are among Romania's most successful clubs, having won over twenty competitive honours, including 18 top-flight titles, 8 Romanian Cups, 5 Romanian Supercups, and 1 EHF Champions League. Dinamo București has rivalry with Steaua București.
Linnea Marie Torstensson is a Swedish handballer who played for the Sweden national team. She competed in three Olympic Games.
Isabelle Therese Gulldén is a Swedish professional handball player for Lugi HF and former national team player for the Swedish National Team.
Steluța Luca is a former Romanian international handball player and current coach. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Ramona Farcău is a Romanian retired handballer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she was top goalscorer with a total of 56 goals, and also voted into the All-star team. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Alexandru Mihai Dedu is a retired Romanian handballer who played for the Romanian national team in line player position.
The following squads and players competed in the men's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Ion Mocanu is a Romanian former handballer and current coach. He played in France and when he came back in Romania, he continued handball at Dinamo. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Events from the year 1945 in Romania. The year saw the end of Romania's involvement in World War II and the foundation of the pro-Communist government of Petru Groza.
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