Cristina Ghiță
Romanian fencer (born 1982)
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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.
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| Born | 16 December 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | foil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSA Steaua București | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
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]
