Luminiţa Dinu-Huţupan (born 6 November 1971 in Piatra Neamţ

Piatra Neamt

Piatra Neamț , , ; is the capital city of Neamţ County, in the historical region of Moldavia, eastern Romania. Because of its privileged location in the Eastern Carpathian mountains, it is considered one of the most picturesque cities in Romania...

) is a retired Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 player. She is considered a living handball legend.

In January 2011, Dinu was chosen by the fans on http://www.ihf.info the best handball goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...

 from the history of this sport, with more than 7000 votes (nearly 94%).

Biography

Dinu-Huţupan, who began playing handball in 1985, has a high school diploma, is married, and speaks Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

 and Slovene.

She has played for CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea

CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea

CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea is a Romanian women's handball club from Râmnicu Vâlcea, that plays in the Liga Naţională and in the EHF Women's Champions League....

, HC Kometal Gjorče Petrov

Kometal Gjorce Petrov Skopje

Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje is a female handball club based in Skopje, capital of Macedonia.- History :The club was founded in 1979. Since the independence of Macedonia in 1991, it has won all the national championships and national cups, losing only the cup in 1994...

 and Krim Ljubljana

Krim Ljubljana

RK Krim is a women's team handball club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1984. It has several times been the Slovenian champion and cup winner...

.

Club

• 3 times winner of Ch. League Cup (2001, 2002, 2003)
• 2 times winner of European Super Cup (2004, 2007)
• 5 times winner of Romanian First League of Women's Handball
  Romanian First League of Women's Handball
  The Liga Naţională is the top women's team handball league in Romania. It is organized by the Romanian Handball Federation. The league comprises fourteen teams.-History:...
  
  
• 6 times winner of Slovenian Championship
• 4 times winner of Romanian Cup
• 6 times winner of Slovenian Cup
• Winner of Romanian SuperCup - 1st Edition
• Winner of Cup Winners'Cup (2007)
• Winner of Champions Trophy - 1st Edition

Individual

• Best Goalkeeper of 2000 European Women's Handball Championship
  2000 European Women's Handball Championship
  -Final ranking:...
  
  
• Best Goalkeeper of 2005 World Women's Handball Championship
  2005 World Women's Handball Championship
  -Group B:Games played in SCC Peterburgsky.All times are UTC+3---------------------------------------------------------Group C:Games played in Yubileyny Sports Palace .All times are UTC+3--------...
  
  
• Most Valuable Player of 2005 World Women's Handball Championship
  2005 World Women's Handball Championship
  -Group B:Games played in SCC Peterburgsky.All times are UTC+3---------------------------------------------------------Group C:Games played in Yubileyny Sports Palace .All times are UTC+3--------...
  
  
• Best Goalkeeper from history on http://www.ihf.info chosen by fans with more than 7000 votes (nearly 94%)

External links

• Official website