Zhu Chen is a Qatari chess Grandmaster. In 2001, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster. In 2006, she obtained Qatari citizenship and since then plays for Qatar.
Sports in Romania are 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. Other important Romanian football clubs are Dinamo, Universitatea Craiova, FC Rapid and CFR Cluj, each of whom had mixed European success. 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 a semifinal place against Sweden on the penalty kicks, Romania was ranked third by FIFA in 1997.
Ingrid Louise Visser was a Dutch female volleyball player, a member of the Netherlands women's national volleyball team in 1994–2011, a participant of the 1996 Olympic Games, 1995 European Champion.
Ruxandra Dumitrescu is a retired volleyball player born in Galați, Romania. She competed with the Romania women's national volleyball team at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Brazil. She is a naturalized Greek citizen, and competed with the Greece women's national volleyball team from Athens 2004 Olympic Games until 2009. She is 186 cm tall.
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.
Cornelia Colda is a retired Romanian volleyball player. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Otilia Pasarica is a retired Romanian female volleyball player. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Alida Carmen Cioroianu Marcovici is a retired Romanian female volleyball player. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Mirela Bojescu is a retired Romanian female volleyball player. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Mihaela Formagiu is a retired Romanian female volleyball player. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Claudea Murariu is a retired Romanian volleyball player. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Lenuta Trica is a retired Romanian volleyball player. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Alina Pralea was a Romanian female volleyball player. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Ioana Muresan is a retired Romanian volleyball player. She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Miho Murata is a retired Japanese female volleyball player.
Petya Barakova is a Bulgarian female volleyball player, playing as a setter. She is part of the Bulgaria women's national volleyball team.
Bacșiș (Iosef) Roxana Denisa is a Romanian female volleyball player, playing as an opposite. She is part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
Bianka Buša is a Serbian female volleyball player, playing as wing spiker. She had played for ŽOK Vizura Belgrade before continuing an international career in Italy in 2015, with a brief stint in Romanian CSM Târgoviște. From 2017—2019 she joined Polish club KPS Chemik Police. She joined Alba Blaj in the start of season 2019—2020.
Cristiena Voiculescu is a retired Romanian female volleyball player.
Kristina Guncheva is a Bulgarian female volleyball player. She plays as a setter for the Bulgaria women's national volleyball team and Romania.
