Simona Arghir-Sandu (née Arghir; 4 September 1948 – 2 September 1995) was 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 who played for the

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. She also competed in the

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, being part of the Romanian team which finished 4th and captained it.

International honours

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: **''Silver Medalist'':

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

Personal life

Her husband

Mircea Sandu Mircea Traian Sandu (born 22 October 1952 in Bucharest) is a retired Romanian footballer and president of the Romanian Football Federation. Career Mircea Sandu, nicknamed "Nașul" (The Godfather) was born on 22 October 1952 in Bucharest and sta ...

was a football player and president of the

Romanian Football Federation Romanian Football Federation (), also known by its acronym FRF, is the sports governing body, governing body of association football, football in Romania. They are headquartered in the capital city of Bucharest and affiliated to FIFA and UEFA sinc ...

between 1990 and 2014 and their daughter Raluca was a professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. They also had a son named Dan Mircea.

References

External links

Brief biography of Simona Arghir
People from Lugoj 1948 births 1995 deaths Romanian female handball players Olympic handball players of Romania Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Romania-handball-bio-stub