Aurica Valeria Motogna-Beşe (born 16 December 1979 in Bistriţa, Romania) is a retired Romanian

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 ...

player who played mainly as a defender for the

Romania women's national handball team The Romanian women's national team represents Romania in senior women's international handball and is controlled by the Romanian Handball Federation, the governing body for handball in Romania. It competes in the three major intern ...

. She carried the flag during the

opening ceremony An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly constructed location or the start of an event.

of 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 ...

in Beijing.

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1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Bistrița Romanian female handball players Olympic handball players for Romania Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{Romania-handball-bio-stub