Cristina Vărzaru

Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru (born 5 December 1979) is a Romanian retired professional handball player who last played for CSM București. She was a member of the Romanian national team.

She was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.

Biography Vărzaru participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics where Romania finished seventh. She received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship and a bronze one at the 2010 European World Championship.

She won the Champions League in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2016, first three with Viborg HK and the last with CSM București.

She was top goalscorer of the 2009–10 EHF Women's Champions League edition, with a total of 101 goals .

She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016.

Honours Domestic Romanian Championship: Champion: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2015, 2016, 2017 Romanian Cup: Winner: 1999, 2002, 2004, 2016, 2017 Danish Championship: Champion: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 Danish Cup: Winner: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

European EHF Champions League: Winner: 2006, 2009, 2010, 2016 Bronze Medalist: 2017 EHF Champions Trophy: Winner: 2006 EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Finalist: 2002, 2012

National team World Championship: Silver Medalist: 2005 European Championship: Bronze Medalist: 2010

Personal life Both parents are teachers. She has a twin sister, Anca, who graduated the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and who used to work for Big 4 companies. The other sister, Gabriela, is a Mathematics teacher in Râmnicu Vâlcea same as the father of the girls. Her mother is teacher of French.