Iulia Dumanska (born 15 August 1996) is a Romanian professional

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er who plays as a goalkeeper for

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and the Romanian national team.

Early life

Born in a family of athletes, Dumanska started playing handball at the age of 11 in her hometown of Horodenka, Ukraine. Three years later she was discovered by the Martas and signed with their club Marta Baia Mare. She later graduated from high school from Anghel Saligny High School in

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. Iulia now lives in Romania where she became Romanian citizen on 5 May 2016.

Trophies

* Liga Națională: **''Winner'': 2019 *Cupa României: **''Winner'': 2015 *Supercupa României: **''Winner'': 2014, 2015, 2018 *

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: **''Winner'':

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Individual awards

* Handball-Planet.com Young World Player of the Season: 2018 * Handball-Planet.com Young World Goalkeeper of the Season: 2018 *

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Liga Națională Goalkeeper of the Season: 2018 *

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Liga Națională Most Valuable Player Award: 2019

Personal life

Dumanska speaks fluent

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and proudly sings the national anthem of Romania. She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("

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") of the city of

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in 2018.

References

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* * 1996 births Living people People from Horodenka Romanian female handball players Naturalised citizens of Romania Ukrainian emigrants to Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball) players SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players Romanian expatriate handball players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia RK Podravka Koprivnica players Ukrainian female handball players Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ukrainian expatriate handball players Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate handball players in Romania Expatriate handball players in Croatia Naturalised handball players 21st-century Romanian sportswomen 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen {{Romania-handball-bio-stub