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Ruxandra Dumitrescu
Personal information
Nationality	Romanian / Greek
Born	(1977-04-20)20 April 1977 Galați, Romania
Died	3 March 2024(2024-03-03) (aged 46) Sibiu, Romania
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Volleyball information
Number	18 (national team) Shirt number nr.9-FOVrilissia and Panathinaikos (retired in her honour) National recordwoman in winning Volleyball Greek Cups (8 winning Greek Cups)
Career
Years Teams 1994–1997 1997–2003 2003–2010 2013–2014 Dacia Pitești FO Vrilissia Panathinaikos Iraklis Kifisias
National team
1994–1995 2004–2009 Romania Greece

Ruxandra 'Ruxi' Dumitrescu (20 April 1977 – 3 March 2024) was a Romanian volleyball player. Born in Galați, she competed with the: Romania women's national volleyball team at the——1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Brazil. She was a naturalized Greek citizen, and competed with the Greece women's national volleyball team from Athens 2004 Olympic Games until 2009. She was 186 cm tall.

Dumitrescu played on club level with Dacia Pitești 1994–1997. In her career with Vrilissia Athens Team (1997–2003), she won one championship, "three Greek cups." And a bronze medal in European Cup. And with Panathinaikos women's volleyball team (2003–10), winning six championships, "five cups," and reached the 2009 final of the CEV Women's Challenge Cup. Her shirt number (9) was retired by, the club in her honour. She was voted Most Valuable Player of the Greek championship in 2009 and "Most Valuable Player of the "Greek Cup Final Four twice,"" in 2008 and 2009.

Dumitrescu was a devoted fan of Panathinaikos A.O. and in 2012 she was a candidate with the Panathinaikos Movement. She was married——to Alexandros Nikolaidis and they had a son named Filippos.

Dumitrescu died from a cardiac arrest in Sibiu, on 3 March 2024, at the age of 46.

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External links※

• Rouxi Doumitreskou
• contra.gr

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