Melinda Geiger
| Melinda Geiger | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Geiger in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Melinda Anamaria Geiger | ||
| Born |
28 March 1987 Baia Mare, Romania | ||
| Nationality | Romanian | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right Back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2003–2010 | HCM Baia Mare | ||
2010–2013 | CS Oltchim Vâlcea | ||
2012 | → Thüringer HC (loan) | ||
2012–2013 | → HCM Baia Mare (loan) | ||
2013–2016 | HCM Baia Mare | ||
2016–2017 | Brest Bretagne HB | ||
2017–2019 | Siófok KC | ||
2022 | CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Romania | 113 | (263) | |
Melinda Anamaria Geiger (born 28 March 1987) is a Romanian handball player who is playing for CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud and the Romanian national team.[1][2]
Geiger announced her retirement in February 2019 at the age of 31 citing recurring knee problems but came back from retirement in 2022 and joined CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud.[3]
Achievements[edit]
- German Championship:
- Winner: 2012
- Romanian Championship:
- Winner: 2011, 2014
- Silver Medalist: 2013, 2015, 2016
- French Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2017
- Romanian Cup:
- Winner: 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
- Romanian Supercup:
- Winner: 2011, 2013
- IHF World Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2015
- European Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2010
- GF World Cup:
- Gold Medalist: 2010
- Silver Medalist: 2006
Personal life[edit]
She is the daughter of Margareta and Mihály Geiger, former sportsman. Although Melinda is of Hungarian descent through her father, she does not speak Hungarian at all. She graduated in foreign languages (German-English). Geiger has a brother and sister.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Melinda Anamaria Geiger". eurohandball.com. Euro Haandball. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- ^ 2017 World Women's Handball Championship roster
- ^ "Handbal feminin: Melinda Geiger revine la trei ani de la retragere şi va juca la Gloria 2018".
- ^ "Stînga explozivă" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
External links[edit]
- Melinda Geiger at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Baia Mare
- Romanian female handball players
- Expatriate handball players in Germany
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players
- CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball) players
- Siófok KC players
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Romania
- Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent