Cristina Vărzaru
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru | ||
| Born |
5 December 1979 Corabia, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right Wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | CSM București | ||
| Youth clubs | |||
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CSS Corabia CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea | |||
| Senior clubs | |||
| 1997–2002 2002–2005 2005–2012 2012- |
CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea Rapid Bucharest Viborg HK CSM București | ||
| National team 1 | |||
 Romania | 169 (478) | ||
Medal record
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 2 December 2011 | |||
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Cristina Vărzaru (born 5 December 1979 in Corabia)[1] is a handball player, who plays for CSM București and the Romanian national team.
Biography
Vărzaru participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics where Romania finished seventh.[2] She received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship and a bronze one at the 2010 European World Championship.
She won the Champions League in 2006, 2009 and 2010, all with Viborg HK.[3]
She was top goalscorer of the 2009–10 EHF Women's Champions League edition, with a total of 101 goals .[4]
International honours
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2006, 2009, 2010
- EHF Champions Trophy:
- Winner: 2006
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Finalist: 2002, 2012
- World Championship:
- Silver Medallist: 2005
- European Championship:
- Bronze Medallist: 2010
Personal life
Both parents are teachers. She has a twin sister, Anca, who graduated the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. The other sister, Gabriela, is a Mathematics teacher in Râmnicu Vâlcea same as the father of the girls. Her mother is teacher of French.[5]
References
- ↑ "Cristina Georgiana Varzaru". eurohandball.com. Euro Handball. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ↑ "Cristina Vărzaru Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ↑ "Profile: Christina Várzaru" (in Danish). Viborg Håndbold Klub A/S. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ↑ "EHF Women's Champions League 2009/10 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ↑ "Destinul a despartit-o pe Cristina Varzaru de sora geamana!" (in Romanian). stl.ro. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
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Preceded by Grit Jurack |
EHF Champions League top scorer 2009–10 |
Succeeded by Heidi Løke |
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