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Cristina Neagu

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Cristina Neagu is a Romanian handball player born September 26, 1988, in Bucharest, widely regarded as one of the greatest handball players in history. She has won the International Handball Federation World Player of the Year award four times, more than any other player, and has been the top scorer in numerous domestic and European club competitions across a long career mainly spent playing for Romanian and Russian clubs. She has represented Romania's national team for more than a decade and a half, becoming the country's all-time leading scorer in the sport.

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Birth Year
1988 1
Birth Date
1988-08-26 1
Nationality
Romania 1
Career Highlight
The only female handball player in history to win four IHF World Player of the Year awards, in 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018. 1
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Team 1
FAQs

What record did Cristina Neagu set with the IHF World Player of the Year award?

She was the first person to win it four times.

In 2018 Cristina Neagu became the first person to win the IHF World Player of the Year award four times, according to the International Handball Federation.
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Romania

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Cristina Georgiana Neagu (Romanian pronunciation: [krisˈtina ˈne̯aɡu]; born 26 August 1988) is a Romanian former professional handballer.
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    Cristina Georgiana Neagu ... born 26 August 1988 ... is a Romanian former professional handballer.
  • Lead section, awards sentence
    Neagu is the only female handball player in history to win four IHF World Player of the Year awards (in 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018).
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Neagu is the only female handball player in history to win four IHF World Player of the Year awards (in 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018).
  • Plays: Handball, lead paragraph, plays
    Cristina Georgiana Neagu (Romanian pronunciation: [krisˈtina ˈne̯aɡu]; born 26 August 1988) is a Romanian former professional handballer.
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