Cristina Neagu: Handball – Red Bull Athlete Profile
Cristina Neagu performs in Bucharest, Romania on February 9, 2021.
Cristina Neagu poses for portrait in Bucharest, Romania on February 9, 2021

Cristina
Neagu

Romania

Romania

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Handball

Considered the best handball player in history, Cristina Neagu is the only athlete to have been named Best Handball Player in the World four times in the IHF rankings.

Date of birth

26 August 1988

Place of birth

Bucharest, Romania

Age

35

Nationality

Romania

Romania

Career start

2000

Disciplines

Handball

Cristina Neagu has gone from being a hot prospect of the Romanian handball scene to becoming one of the best players in the world.

She started out at the tender age of 12 and claimed her first big accolade just five years later when she won the Best Player award at the European Youth Championship in Austria, having helped her national team to second place.