Niculina Sasu

Niculina Sasu
Personal information
Born	(1952-10-28) 28 October 1952 (age 73)
Nationality	Romanian
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Senior clubs
Years	Team
–	CS Minaur Baia Mare

Niculina Sasu Iordache (born 28 October 1952) is a Romanian former handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Career

Sasu was part of the Romanian women's handball team, ^[1] which finished fourth in Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics. She played all five matches and scored six goals. ^[2] In Romania, she played for CS Minaur Baia Mare.^{[ citation needed ]}

Sasu was appointed to the Order of Sport Merit, first class (18 August 1976), "for outstanding results obtained at the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal – 1976, as well as for the contribution made to the development of sports activity and to increasing the prestige of Romanian sport internationally." ^[3]

References

1. "Niculina". www.cosr.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 18 December 2025.
2. "Niculina Sasu Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
3. "Decretul nr. 250/1976 privind conferirea de distinctii ale Republicii Socialiste Romania unor sportivi, antrenori si activisti din domeniul educatiei fizice si sportului". Lege5 (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2025.

External links

• Niculina Sasu at Olympedia