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Cristina Petrovici (born 18 November 1950) is a former Romanian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
She was part of the Romanian handball team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. She played four matches and scored three goals. [1]
Anja Jul Andersen is a former Danish team handball player and current coach. She is an Olympic champion, World champion and two times European champion. In 1997, she was named IHF World Player of the Year. She is widely regarded as one of the best female handball players of all time. She was admitted to the Danish Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
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.
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.
Romania competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Romania intended to send 104 competitors to Beijing, although the delegation was reduced to 102 when two Romanian athletes were suspended for doping before the start of the Olympics. The Romanian delegation for Beijing was the smallest Romanian Olympic delegation since the 1989 Revolution. Romanians competed in 16 sports: athletics, archery, handball, gymnastics, wrestling, swimming, diving, weightlifting, fencing, table tennis, shooting, tennis, judo, boxing, kayak-canoeing, and rowing.
Eszter Mátéfi is a handball coach and former handball player.
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.
Camille Ayglon-Saurina is a retired French handballer who represented the French national 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.
Allison Marie Pineau is a French handballer for Metz Handball and the French national team. She won gold medal at the 2017 World Championship, 2018 European Championship and 2020 Olympic Games.
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.
Aurelia Brădeanu is a Romanian handballer who last played for CSM Bucharest. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She is among the top 10 all-time league goalscorers of Győri ETO KC, with 656 goals in 155 appearances. Brădeanu was the captain of Romania and retired from the national team on 27 November 2016.
Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team.
Gabriella Ibolya Szűcs is a Romanian-Hungarian professional handball player for HC Dunărea Brăila and the Romanian national team. Born in the Socialist Republic of Romania to Hungarian parents, Szűcs holds both Hungarian and Romanian citizenship. Initially a Hungarian international, she has represented Romania from 2015.
Silvia Navarro Giménez is a Spanish handball goalkeeper for BM Remudas and the Spanish national team.
Amanda Kurtović is a Norwegian handball player who plays right back for Larvik HK and formerly the Norwegian national team. She has won medals at Olympic, World and European level.
Yvette Broch is a Dutch professional handball player, who plays for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team. She is also known for being a runner up on the fourth season of Holland's Next Top Model.
Emilie Hegh Arntzen is a Norwegian handball player for CSM București and the Norwegian national team.
Tess Lieder is a Dutch retired handballer for the Dutch national team.
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