Mihaela Ciobanu (born 30 January 1973) is a retired

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-born Spanish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

goalkeeper, who played on the Spanish women's national team. She was part of the Spanish team at the

2008 European Women's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2–14 December, it was won by Norway after beating Spain 34–21 in the final match. Venues Two Macedonian cities have been selected as hosts for t ...

, where the Spanish team reached the final, after defeating

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in the semifinal. She competed at the

2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 De ...

in Brazil, where the Spanish team placed third. She took also part at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, where Spanish team won the bronze medal, after defeating

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. In that game Ciobanu saved four seven-meter penalty shots. On October 1, 2018, she signed a 2-year contract with

CSM București Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional multi-sports club based in Bucharest. Departments Active branches: *Athletics *Basketball *Dancesport *Handball *Judo *Scrabble *Volleyball Defunct ...

for the position of goalkeeping coach.

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* 1973 births Living people Handball players from Bucharest Romanian female handball players Spanish female handball players Naturalised handball players Romanian expatriate handball players in Spain Romanian emigrants to Spain Olympic medalists in handball Olympic handball players for Spain Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Naturalised citizens of Spain Mediterranean Games competitors for Spain Spanish handball coaches Romanian handball coaches {{Spain-handball-bio-stub