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Cristina Vărzaru
Vărzaru in 2009
Personal information
Full name Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru
Born (1979-12-05) 5 December 1979 (age 44)
Corabia, Romania
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
1998–2002
CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
2002–2005
CS Rapid București
2005–2012
Viborg HK
2012–2017
CSM București
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2017
Romania 179 (493)
Medal record
Youth World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1999 China Team
Youth European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Slovakia Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2005 Russia Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Denmark & Norway Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2 December 2011

Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru (born 5 December 1979)[1] is a Romanian retired professional handball player who last played for CSM București. She was a member of the Romanian national team.

Biography

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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, 2010 and 2016, first three with Viborg HK and the last with CSM București.[3]

She was top goalscorer of the 2009–10 EHF Women's Champions League edition, with a total of 101 goals .[4]

She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016.[5]

Honours

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Domestic

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  • Romanian Championship:
    • Champion: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Romanian Cup:
    • Winner: 1999, 2002, 2004, 2016, 2017
  • Danish Championship:
    • Champion: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Danish Cup:
    • Winner: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

European

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National team

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Personal life

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Both parents are teachers. She has a twin sister, Anca, who graduated the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and who used to work for Big 4 companies. The other sister, Gabriela, is a Mathematics teacher in Râmnicu Vâlcea same as the father of the girls. Her mother is teacher of French.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Cristina Georgiana Varzaru". eurohandball.com. Euro Handball. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Cristina Vărzaru Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Profile: Christina Várzaru" (in Danish). Viborg Håndbold Klub A/S. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  4. ^ "EHF Women's Champions League 2009/10 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Cetățeni de Onoare cu acte » Premiere în masă făcută de Gabriela Firea: cine sunt sportivii care au fost recompensați" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 10 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Destinul a despartit-o pe Cristina Varzaru de sora geamana!" (in Romanian). stl.ro. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
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Awards
Preceded by EHF Champions League top scorer
2009–10
Succeeded by