Melinda Anamaria Geiger (born 28 March 1987) is a Romanian

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player who is playing for

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and the Romanian national team. Geiger announced her retirement in February 2019 at the age of 31 citing recurring knee problems but came back from retirement in 2022 and joined

Achievements

* German Championship: **''Winner'': 2012 * Romanian Championship: **''Winner'': 2011, 2014 **''Silver Medalist'': 2013, 2015, 2016 * French Championship: **''Silver Medalist'': 2017 *Romanian Cup: **''Winner'': 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 *Romanian Supercup: **''Winner'': 2011, 2013 * IHF World Championship: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2015 *

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: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2010 *

GF World Cup The GF World Cup was an annual women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Danish Handball Federation and sponsored by insurance company GF Forsikring. Eight invited teams competed at the event, including permanent representatives Swede ...

: **''Gold Medalist'': 2010 **''Silver Medalist'': 2006

Personal life

She is the daughter of Margareta and Mihály Geiger, former sportsman. Although Melinda is of Hungarian descent through her father, she does not speak Hungarian at all. She graduated in foreign languages (German-English). Geiger has a brother and sister.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Geiger, Melinda 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Baia Mare Romanian female handball players Romanian expatriate handball players in Germany Romanian expatriate handball players in France Romanian expatriate handball players in Hungary SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball) players Siófok KC players Brest Bretagne players Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Romania Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent 21st-century Romanian sportswomen