Ramona Farcău (former Maier; born 14 July 1979) is a Romanian retired

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

er. She competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

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, where she was top goalscorer with a total of 56 goals, and also voted into the All-star team. She also competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

International honours

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

: **''Finalist'': 2010 **''Semifinalist'': 2009, 2012, 2013 * EHF Champions Trophy: **''Winner'': 2007 *

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocea ...

: **''Winner'': 2007 *

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

: **''Silver Medalist'': 2005 **''Fourth Place'': 2007

Individual awards

* Romanian National League Top Scorer: 2005

References

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* 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Zalău Romanian female handball players Olympic handball players for Romania Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players {{Romania-handball-bio-stub