Cristina Ghiță (born 16 December 1982) is a retired Romanian foil fencer, team silver medallist in the 2002 European Championships and in the 2005 World Championships.
| Cristina Ghiță | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 December 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | foil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSA Steaua București | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Ghiță joined the national team in the 2004–05 season. At the 2005 World Championships Romania created an upset by defeating in the quarter-finals the Italian team led by Valentina Vezzali. They overcame Hungary, but were edged out 20–19 by South Korea and came away with a silver medal.[1] The next season, Romania won the silver medal in the 2006 European Championships in İsmir after losing to Russia in overtime.[2]
In the 2008–09 season, Romania placed 4th in the World Championships in Antalya after being defeated by Italy in the semi-final, then by Germany in the match for the bronze medal.[3] The year after, Romania were knocked out by Venezuela in the first round of the World Championships in Paris.[4] The lack of results and funds pushed the Romanian Fencing Federation into dissolving the national foil team in early 2011.[5]
Ghiță retired from international competition after the 2011–12 season. She won the 2013 Romanian national championship after defeating fellow Stelist Mălina Călugăreanu.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Nationala feminină de floretă - din nou în finală, după 11 ani". România Liberă online. 14 October 2005.
- ^ Daniel Kotecz (10 July 2006). "România a urcat pe podium la Europenele din Turcia". eMaramureș. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Realitatea, ed. (7 October 2009). "Naţionala feminină de floretă, locul patru la Mondialele de scrimă" (in Romanian).
- ^ ProSport, ed. (10 November 2010). "Echipa feminin de floretă a României, eliminată în 16-imi la CM de scrimă".
- ^ L.A (4 February 2011). "Lotul olimpic de floreta a fost desfiintat". Hotnews.ro.
- ^ "Floretista Cristina Ghiță ia și titlul național" (in Romanian). sportrevolution.ro. 17 May 2013.
External links edit
- Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
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