Mariana Tîrca (born 9 October 1962) is a retired Romanian handball player.
She is considered a living legend of the Romanian and international handball, being voted top 5 women handball players of the 20th century.She has played 335 games for the Romanian national team, and scored 2043 goals.
Tîrca played until the age of 41, and is currently the player with most goals for any handball national team in the world.