Andreea Cristina Popa (born 3 June 2000) is a Romanian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

er for

Minaur Baia Mare Club Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as CS Minaur Baia Mare, Minaur Baia Mare or simply as Minaur, is a Romanian sports society from Baia Mare, Romania, founded in 1974 by Lascăr Pană, after he took over the old entity (''Minerul'') in ...

and the

Romanian national team The Romania national football team ( ro, Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Romania in international men's football competition and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Fotbal), also ...

. She represented Romania at the

2020 European Women's Handball Championship The 2020 European Women's Handball Championship was held from 3 to 20 December 2020. The games were played in Herning and Kolding, Denmark. Originally, this tournament would be held with 2 host countries: Norway and Denmark. However, lacking som ...

. As a junior, she finished fifth in the 2019 Junior European Championship.

International honours

*Youth Mediterranean Games: **''Gold Medalist'': 2017 * Youth European Olympic Festival: **''Silver Medalist'':

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Individual awards

* All-Star Left Back of the Youth Mediterranean Games: 2017

Personal life

Popa's parents are both physical education teachers. She started playing handball under the coaching guidance of her mother Dorina Popa.Andreea Popa. Profil de campion
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References

2000 births Living people Handball players from Bucharest Romanian female handball players CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball) players {{Romania-handball-bio-stub