Edit Matei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Edit Matei

Austrian handball player

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1964

Place of Birth: Sfântu Gheorghe, Covasna County, Romania

Profession: handball player

Nationality: Austria, Romania

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Edit Matei (née Török; born 16 October 1964), also spelled as Edith Matei, is a Romanian former handballer who played for the Romania national team.
After the fall of communism in Romania, she chose to represent Austria.
Together with Cristina Varzaru, Matei holds the record for the most Champions League wins of a Romanian player (4).
As a national team player, she competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, but also at several world championships.
A severe knee injury effectively ended her career at the age of just 31.
In 2010, she was given the award of Ceta?ean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Râmnicu Vâlcea (where she resides).