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Cristina Neagu Personal information Full name Cristina Georgiana Neagu Born 26 August 1988
Bucharest, RomaniaNationality 
RomanianHeight 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 70 kilograms (150 lb) Playing position Left back Club information Current club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea Number 8 Senior clubs
2009–
CSS 5 Bucureşti
CS Rulmentul Braşov
CS OltchimNational team 1 Romania96 (378) Medal recordEuropean Championship Bronze 2010 Denmark&Norway Team 1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 December 2010Cristina Neagu (born 26 August 1988, in Bucharest)[1] is a Romanian handballer playing for CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea[2] and the Romanian national team.
Team results
- Club
- Champions League: Runner-up in 2009/10 (with Oltchim)
- National team
- Silver Medal at the European Youth Championships in 2005
- Bronze Medal at the Women's Youth World Championships in 2006
- Bronze Medal at the European Junior's Championships in 2007
- 4th place at the Women's World Championships in France in 2007
- 7th place at the Summer Olympics in 2008
- 8th place at the Women's World Championships in China in 2009
- Bronze Medal at the European Women's Handball Championships in Denmark and Norway in 2010
Awards
- Most Valuable Player European Youth Championships 2005
- Most Valuable Player World's Youth Championships 2006
- Most Valuable Player European Juniors Championships 2007
- Most Valuable Player GF World Cup 2010
- Romanian Handball Player of the Year 2009
- IHF World's Best Rookie of the Year 2009[3]
- Top Goalscorer (53), Most Assists (36) and All Star Team (left back) on 2010 European Women's Handball Championship
- Romanian Handball Player of the Year 2010
- IHF World Handball Player of the Year 2010[4]
References
- ^ "Georgiana Neagu Biography and Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/georgiana-neagu-1.html. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "Cristina Neagu" (in Romanian). csoltchim.com. CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea. http://www.csoltchim.com/echipa/31/Cristina-Neagu.html. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ http://www.ihf.info/front_content.php?idcat=57&idart=2645 Neagu and Fäth World’s best Rookies of the Year 2009
- ^ http://www.ihf.info//MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=536 Cristina Neagu - World Handball Player of the Year 2010
Awards Preceded by
Allison PineauIHF World Player of the Year – Women
2010Succeeded by
TBASvetlana Kitić (1988) • Kim Hyun-Mee (1989) • Jasna Kolar-Merdan (1990) • Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (1994) • Erzsébet Kocsis (1995) • Lim O-Kyeong (1996) • Anja Andersen (1997) • Trine Haltvik (1998) • Ausra Fridrikas (1999) • Bojana Radulović (2000) • Cecilie Leganger (2001) • Zhai Chao (2002) • Bojana Radulović (2003) • Anita Kulcsár (2004) • Anita Görbicz (2005) • Nadine Krause (2006) • Gro Hammerseng (2007) • Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth (2008) • Allison Pineau (2009) • Cristina Neagu (2010)
Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Bucharest
- Romanian handball players
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players of Romania
- Romanian handball biography stubs
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