Cristina Vărzaru

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.

Cristina Vărzaru
Vărzaru in 2009
Personal information
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	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1998–2002	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
2002–2005	Rapid Bucharest
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 1999 China Team Youth European Championship 1998 Slovakia Team World Championship 2005 Russia Team European Championship 2010 Denmark & Norway Team
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 2 December 2011

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

• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2006, 2009, 2010, 2016
  • Bronze Medalist: 2017
• EHF Champions Trophy:
  • Winner: 2006
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Finalist: 2002, 2012

National team

• 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.[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 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
3. "Profile: Christina Várzaru" (in Danish). Viborg Håndbold Klub A/S. Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
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.

External links

• Official website
• Cristina Georgiana Varzaru at the International Olympic Committee
• Cristina Varzaru at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian)
• Cristina Vărzaru at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)