Irina Alexandra Pop (born 8 October 1988) is a Romanian born Dominican
team 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 ...
player. She plays for the club Associació Lleidatana d'Handbol (Spain) and on the Dominican Republic national team. She competed at the
2013 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, the 21st event hosted by the International Handball Federation (IHF), was held in Serbia from 6 to 22 December 2013. born on 8 October 1988 in
Cluj-Napoca
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Romania
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Pop participated in the 2012 Summer Olympic qualifier, but the team finished last in the 3rd qualifier and did not qualify.
2013
Pop led the Dominican Republic national team to the bronze medal winning 28–19 to Paraguay at the 2013 Pan American Championship, qualifying to the 2013 World Championship, also being chosen the Best Left Back among the tournament's All Star team. She then won the gold medal at the Las Flores tournament in Medellin, Colombia that served as a warm-up for the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games qualifier. In November she won the silver medal at the 2013 Caribbean Cup also qualifying for the
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Pop participated in the 2013 World Championship held 6-22 December in Serbia, finishing with her team in the 23rd place after defeating 27–26
Australia
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. At the end of the year, the National Federation selected Pop among the year's best players.
Individual Achiviements
*All star team: Left back:
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2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
The 2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, which took place in the Dominican Republic from 1 to 8 June 2013. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for t ...