Irina Pop

Irina Pop
Personal information
Born8 October 1988
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
NationalityDominican
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight77 kilograms (170 lb)
Playing positionCentral back
Club information
Current clubAssociació Lleidatana d'Handbol (Spain)
National team
 Dominican Republic(100)[1]

Irina Alexandra Pop (born 8 October 1988) is a Romanian born Dominican team handball player. She plays for the club Associació Lleidatana d'Handbol (Spain) and on the Dominican Republic national team. She competed at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia, where the Dominican Republic placed 23rd.

Personal life

Pop is 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) tall 77 kilograms (170 lb),[1] born on 8 October 1988 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[2]

Career

2011

Pop signed with Feve Gijón to play the 2011/12 Spanish League.[3][2]

2012

Pop participated in the 2012 Summer Olympic qualifier, but the team finished last in the 3rd qualifier and did not qualified.[4]

2013

Pop led the Dominican Republic national team to the bronze medal winning 28–19 to Paraguay at the 2013 Pan American Championship, qualifying to the 2013 World Championship,[5] also being chosen the Best Left Back among the tournament's All Star team.[6] She then won the gold medal at the Las Flores tournament in Medellin, Colombia that served as a warm-up for the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games qualifier.[7] In November she won the silver medal at the 2013 Caribbean Cup also qualifying for the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[8]

Pop participated in the 2013 World Championship held 6-22 December in Serbia, finishing with her team in the 23rd place after defeating 27–26 Australia.[9] At the end of the year, the National Federation selected Pop among the year's best players.[10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Dominican Republic". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "El Feve Gijón ficha a Irina Pop para reforzar la primera línea". El Comercio (in Spanish). 26 July 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Feve y Medicentro Gijón refuerzan sus plantillas". lne.es (in Spanish). 26 July 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "2012 Olympic Qualification Tournaments". IHF. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "RD gana bronce Panam de Balonmano". El Nacional (in Spanish). 8 June 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Women’s Senior Panamerican Ch". PATHF. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Vargas, Kennedy (8 August 2013). "Dominicana vence Brasil para ganar balonmano en Colombia". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Peña, Carlos (10 November 2013). "RD gana oro y plata en Copa del Caribe de Balonmano". El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "La República Dominicana llega penúltima en el Campeonato Mundial de Balonmano Femenino". Diario Libre (in Spanish). 17 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  10. ↑ Reyes, Leonardo (21 December 2013). "Balonmano premia a los mejores atletas". El Caribe (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2013.