Elizabeth Omoregie (born 29 December 1996) is a female

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player for

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and the

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. Omoregie was born and raised in

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, Greece to a Nigerian father and Bulgarian mother. She was one of four children in the family, which moved to

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in Bulgaria, where she went to school. In October 2017, it was announced that Omoregie obtained Slovenian citizenship and that she will play for the Slovenian national team. On 27 April 2018, it was announced that she had signed with the Romanian team

from the summer of the same year. She represented Slovenia at the

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and the

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. Elizabeth presented her national team Slovenia at the Paris Olympics 2024.

Awards and honors

;National *Romanian Cup: **''Winner'': 2019, 2022 * Romanian League: **''Runner-up'': 2019 *Romanian Supercup: **''Runner-up'': 2018, 2021 * Slovenian League: **''Winner'': 2015, 2017, 2018 *

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: **''Winner'': 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 *Slovenian Supercup: **''Winner'': 2015, 2016, 2017 ;Continental *

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: **''Semifinalist'':

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;Other * Handball-Planet.com Young World Playmaker of the Season: 2017, 2018Young Female World's Best 7 2017/2018
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* 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Athens Slovenian people of Nigerian descent Bulgarian people of Nigerian descent Slovenian people of Bulgarian descent Greek people of Nigerian descent Greek people of Bulgarian descent Slovenian expatriate handball players Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Bulgarian female handball players Slovenian female handball players Naturalized citizens of Slovenia Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Slovenia Expatriate handball players in Romania Expatriate handball players in Slovenia Naturalised handball players {{Slovenia-handball-bio-stub