Elizabeth Omoregie
| Elizabeth Omoregie | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
29 December 1996 Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | CSM București | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2014–2018 | RK Krim | ||
2018– | CSM București | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2015–2017 | Bulgaria | ||
2019– | Slovenia | 7 | (24) |
Elizabeth Omoregie (born 29 December 1996) is a female handball player for CSM București and the Slovenian national team.[1]
Omoregie was born and raised in Athens, Greece to a Nigerian father and Bulgarian mother. She was one of four children in the family, which moved to Pleven in Bulgaria, where she went to school.[2]
In October 2017, it was announced that Omoregie obtained Slovenian citizenship and that she will play for the Slovenian national team.[3]
On 27 April 2018, it was announced that she had signed with the Romanian team CSM București from the summer of the same year.[4]
She represented Slovenia at the 2020 and the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship.[5][6]
Elizabeth presented her national team Slovenia at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Awards and honors
[edit]- National
- Romanian Cup:
- Winner: 2019, 2022
- Romanian League:
- Runner-up: 2019
- Romanian Supercup:
- Runner-up: 2018, 2021
- Slovenian League:
- Winner: 2015, 2017, 2018
- Slovenian Cup:
- Winner: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Slovenian Supercup:
- Winner: 2015, 2016, 2017
- Continental
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Semifinalist: 2016
- Other
References
[edit]- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "Omoregie, a Bulgarian handball pearl shining for Krim". European Handball Federation. 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Elizabeth Omoregie bo poskušala Slovenijo popeljati v Tokio". RTV Slovenija. 30 October 2017.
- ^ "CSM București a făcut un transfer de senzaţie pentru a o înlocui pe Bella Gullden" (in Romanian). Prosport. 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Priprave ženske reprezentance se nadaljujejo z 19 igralkami". rokometna-zveza.si. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "2020 European Women's Handball Championship Roster" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. 3 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ YOUNG FEMALE WORLD HANDBALL LINE-UP 2016/2017
- ^ Young Female World's Best 7 2017/2018
External links
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Athens
- Slovenian people of Nigerian descent
- Bulgarian people of Nigerian descent
- Slovenian people of Bulgarian descent
- Greek people of Nigerian descent
- Greek people of Bulgarian descent
- Slovenian expatriate handball players
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Bulgarian female handball players
- Slovenian female handball players
- Naturalized citizens of Slovenia
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Slovenia
- Expatriate handball players in Romania
- Expatriate handball players in Slovenia
- Slovenian handball biography stubs