Steluța Luca (née Lazăr, born 20 April 1975 in

Pechea Pechea is a commune in Galați County, Western Moldavia, Romania with a population of 11,199 people. It is composed of two villages, Lupele and Pechea. Natives * Lucian Bute Lucian Bute (born February 28, 1980) is a Romanian-Canadian former pro ...

) is a former Romanian international

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 and current coach. She competed in the women's tournament at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

International honours

* EHF Champions League: **''Finalist'': 2010 **''Semifinalist'': 2009 * EHF Champions Trophy: **''Winner'': 2007 * EHF Cup Winners' Cup: **''Winner'': 2007 **''Finalist'': 2002 * World Championship: **''Silver Medallist'': 2005 **''Fourth Place'': 2007

Personal life

She is cousin with boxer Lucian Bute. Both of them were born in

Galați County Galați () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Moldavia region, with the capital city at Galați. History Historically Galați is part of Moldavia. In 1858, it was represented by Alexandru Ioan Cuza at the ''ad hoc Divan'' at Iași, in the wa ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luca, Steluta 1975 births Living people People from Galați County Romanian female handball players Romanian handball coaches Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Romania Expatriate handball players Romanian expatriates in Denmark Romanian expatriates in Italy SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players Expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate sportspeople in Italy