Simona Arghir-Sandu
Personal information
Born (1948-09-04)4 September 1948
Lugoj, Romania
Died 2 September 1995(1995-09-02) (aged 46)
Nationality Romanian
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right back
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 Romania 206 (556)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place1973 Yugoslavia

Simona Arghir-Sandu (née Arghir; 4 September 1948 – 2 September 1995[1]) was a Romanian handballer who played for the Romania national team. She also competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, being part of the Romanian team which finished 4th and captained it.[2]

International honours

Personal life

Her husband Mircea Sandu was a football player and president of the Romanian Football Federation between 1990 and 2014 and their daughter Raluca was a professional tennis player.[3][4][5][6] They also had a son named Dan Mircea.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Simona Arghir-Sandu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Olympic results Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Raluca Sandu îşi învaţă fetiţa tenis!" [Raluca Sandu teaches her girl to play tennis!] (in Romanian). libertatea.ro. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Unde a dispărut fiica mondenă a ex-şefului de la FRF! Raluca Sandu e patroană de cârciumă la…" [Where did the daughter of the ex-boss from FRF disappear? Raluca Sandu is the owner of a pub in ...] (in Romanian). cancan.ro. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ce bine seamănă cu mama ei!" [How well she resembles her mother!] (in Romanian). libertatea.ro. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Raluca si Mircea Sandu au castigat meciul impotriva cancerului" [Raluca and Mircea Sandu won the game against cancer] (in Romanian). revistavip.ro. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Mircea Sandu, socru-mare in weekend" [Mircea Sandu, great-grandfather in the weekend] (in Romanian). revistavip.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Poartă pe spate crucea mamei" [She carries on her back her mother's cross] (in Romanian). libertatea.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2019.


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