Cristina Vărzaru

Cristina Vărzaru
Vărzaru in 2009
Personal information
Full name Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru
Born (1979-12-05) 5 December 1979 (age 45)
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

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

Domestic

  • 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

National team

Personal life

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

  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.
Awards
Preceded by EHF Champions League top scorer
2009–10 		Succeeded by