Oana Manea Explained

Oana Manea
Fullname:	Oana Andreea Manea
Nationality:	Romanian
Birth Date:	18 April 1985
Birth Place:	Bucharest, Romania
Height:	1.75 m
Position:	Pivot
Currentclub:	Rapid București
Clubnumber:	22
Years1:	2001–2013
Clubs1:	CS Oltchim Vâlcea
Years2:	2013–2014
Clubs2:	RK Krim
Years3:	2014–2019
Clubs3:	CSM București
Years4:	2021–2022
Clubs4:	Rapid București
Nationalteam1:	Romania
Nationalcaps1:	193
Nationalgoals1:	433

Oana Andreea Lefter (née: Manea; born 18 April 1985)^[1] is a former handball player. She retired from the Romania national team in 2016. Her father, Dumitru Manea was a football player.^[2]

She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016.^[3]

International honours

• EHF Champions League

• • Winner: 2016
  • Silver Medalist: 2010
  • Bronze Medalist: 2017, 2018
• EHF Champions Trophy

• • Winner: 2007
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup

• • Winner: 2007
  • Finalist: 2002
• IHF World Championship

• • Bronze Medalist: 2015
• European Championship

• • Bronze Medalist: 2010
• GF World Cup

• • Gold Medalist: 2009, 2010
• World University Championship:
  • Bronze Medalist: 2008
• European Youth Championship

• • Silver Medalist: 2003

Individual awards

• Romanian Handballer of the Year: 2011
• Carpathian Trophy Most Valuable Player: 2012^[4]
• Prosport All-Star Line Player of the Romanian Liga Națională: 2017, 2018^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oana Andreea Manea. European Handball Federation. 25 November 2013.
2. Web site: Dumitru Manea a murit în braţele fiicei, handbalista Oltchimului Oana Manea. Inimă sfîşiată. Gsp.ro. ro . Dumitru Manea died in the arms of his daughter, Oltchim's handball player Oana Manea. Heart broken. 1 June 2011. 10 April 2020.
   Web site: Oana Manea, în doliu! Tatăl sportivei de la Oltchim a încetat din viață. Prosport.ro. ro . Oana Manea, in mourning! The father of the sportswoman from Oltchim has ceased his life . 31 May 2011. 10 April 2020.
   Web site: Parastasul de 7 ani al lui Dumitru Manea, tatăl pivotului de la CSM București. "Șiman are să-i dea 7.000 de euro". Libertatea.ro. ro . Dumitru Manea's 7-year requiem, father of the pivot of CSM Bucharest. "Șiman has to give him 7,000 euros" . 14 May 2018. 10 April 2020.
   Web site: Fostul internaţional Dumitru Manea, tatăl handbalistei Oana Manea, a murit. Cotidianul.ro. ro . Former international Dumitru Manea, father of handball player Oana Manea, has died . 31 May 2011. 10 April 2020.
   Web site: Fostul fotbalist Dumitru Manea a murit. Dcnews.ro. ro . Former footballer Dumitru Manea is dead . 31 May 2011. 10 April 2020.
   Web site: Dumitru Manea a fost doborât de stres. Antrenorul va fi înmormântat mâine. Evz.ro. ro . Dumitru Manea was brought down by stress. The coach will be buried tomorrow. 1 June 2011. 10 April 2020.
3. Web site: Cetățeni de Onoare cu acte » Premiere în masă făcută de Gabriela Firea: cine sunt sportivii care au fost recompensați. Gazeta Sporturilor. 10 November 2016. ro.
4. Web site: "Tricolorele" au triumfat la Trofeul Carpaţi. Arena Vâlceană. 9 October 2012. ro. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213013645/http://arenavalceana.ro/2012/10/09/%E2%80%9Etricolorele%E2%80%9D-au-triumfat-la-trofeul-carpati/. 13 December 2013.
5. Web site: S-a votat echipa campionatului, feminin şi masculin! Cristina Zamfir şi Marius Mocanu, jucătorii cu cele mai bune punctaje în Liga Naţională, după opţiunile exprimate de specialişti, jurnalişti şi fani dedicaţi handbalului PROSPORT 20. Prosport. 2 July 2017. ro.
6. Web site: Cristina Neagu, cea mai bună handbalistă din Liga Naţională în sezonul 2017-2018. Cum arată echipa ideală a campionatului, după voturile exprimate de antrenori. Prosport. 21 May 2018. ro.