Mihaela Ciobanu (born 30 January 1973 in
Bucharest
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) is a retired
Romanian
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**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
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-born Spanish
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 ...
goalkeeper, who played on the
Spanish women's national team.
She was part of the Spanish team at the
2008 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2–14 December, it was won by Norway after beating Spain 34–21 in the final match.
Venues
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,
where the Spanish team reached the final, after defeating
Germany
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in the semifinal.
She competed at the
2011 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 Dec ...
in Brazil, where the Spanish team placed third.
She took also part at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, where Spanish team won the bronze medal, after defeating
South Korea
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. In that game Ciobanu saved four seven-meter penalty shots.
On October 1, 2018, she signed a 2-year contract with
CSM București
Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest.
Departments
Active branches:
*Sport of athletics, Athletics
*Basketball
*Dancesport
*Handball
*Jud ...
for the position of goalkeeping coach.
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bucharest
Romanian female handball players
Spanish female handball players
Spanish people of Romanian descent
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Romanian emigrants to Spain
Olympic medalists in handball
Olympic handball players of Spain
Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Naturalised citizens of Spain
Mediterranean Games competitors for Spain
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