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Anita Görbicz

Anita Görbicz

Hungarian handball player

Anita Görbicz (born 13 May 1983) is a Hungarian former professional handballer who played for Győri ETO KC and the Hungary national team.[1][2] She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, and was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2005 by the International Handball Federation.[3][4] Görbicz has also been given the nickname the Queen of Handball internationally.[5][6][7]

The native form of this personal name is Görbicz Anita. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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She is married; her husband is Ottó Vincze, a Hungarian former football player. They have two sons, Boldizsár, born in 2015 and Domonkos, born in 2022.

She is the Honorary Citizen of Győr.[8]

Career

Club

Anita Görbicz started her career at Hungarian club Győri ETO KC in 1993, aged 10. She has become a key member of the team and her absence is considered a notable disadvantage.[9] With ETO, Görbicz has won the Hungarian Championship and Cup several times. At European level, she has reached the finals of the Cup Winners' Cup and EHF Cup.

Győri ETO reached the final stage of the Champions League for the first time in 2009. Due to a knee injury a few days before the matches, Görbicz missed the finals where the Győr side lost against Danish champion Viborg HK. In spite of this, she ranked second in the tournament's top goalscorers list.[10]

Anita scored her 2000th goal in the Hungarian Championship in January 2018.[11][12]

She has won the EHF Champions League trophy five times.

International

Görbicz participated in the 2003 World Championship where Hungary lost the final match against France. She received a bronze medal at the 2004 European Championship. In Russia 2005 she won bronze with her team.

Anita Görbicz has seen her performance with the national team officially recognized several times. She has been a member of the World Championship All-Star Team three times in a row: 2003, 2005 and 2007.[13] She was also among the tournament top goalscorers in 2005 (ranked third) and 2007 (ranked second).

She was part of the Hungarian team at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, and again at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.[14] In 2004 the Hungarian team placed fifth, after losing to the French team in the quarterfinals, and beating Brazil and Spain in the placement matches.[14][15] At the 2008 Olympic Games Hungary placed fourth, after beating Romania in the quarterfinals and qualifying for the semifinals, losing to Russia in the semi, and then losing to South Korea in the bronze final.[14][16] Görbicz scored 49 goals at the 2008 Olympics,[14] second only to Romania's Ramona Maier.

Anita announced her retirement from the national team on 10 December 2017 after Hungary failed to qualify to the quarter-finals of the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.[2]

Personal life

Her first husband was András Présing. They married in 2006, and divorced after 17 months.[17] Anita is married to former football player Ottó Vincze.[18] She gave birth to their son, Boldizsár in June 2015.[19] It was announced on 13 June 2022 that she's expecting her second child, Domonkos who was born in October 2022.[20]

Achievements

Görbicz in 2011
  • Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
    • Winner (13): 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
    • Silver Medalist: 2000, 2004, 2007, 2015
    • Bronze Medalist: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
  • Magyar Kupa:
    • Winner (15): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
    • Finalist: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2017
  • EHF Champions League:
    • Winner (5): 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
    • Finalist: 2009, 2012, 2016
    • Semifinalist: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2021
  • EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
    • Finalist: 2006
    • Semifinalist: 2003
  • EHF Cup:
    • Finalist: 2002, 2004, 2005
  • Junior World Championship:
    • Silver Medalist: 2001
  • World Championship:
    • Silver Medalist: 2003
    • Bronze Medalist: 2005
  • European Championship:
    • Bronze Medalist: 2004, 2012

Individual awards

References

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    "EHF profile". EHF. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  2. [2]
    MTI (10 December 2017). "Női kézi-vb: Görbicz Anitának ez volt az utolsó világversenye - NSO". NemzetiSport.hu. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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    "Previous World Handball Players". IHF. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
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    Női kézi: Görbicz belőtte 1000. gólját, simán nyertünk – NSO. Nemzetisport.hu. Retrieved on 1 June 2016.
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    "IHF | the transcendent talent who helped shape women's handball".
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    "The handball queen, who wanted to be perfect".
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    "Görbicz Anita is Győr díszpolgára lesz – Nyilvános, hogy kik kapják az elismeréseket". infoGyőr. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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    Balogh, Ildikó (7 May 2009). "We won't give up". handball.hu. EHF. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
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    "EHF Champions League 2008/09 – Scorers". EHF. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
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    "Görbicz at All Star csapatban!". Handball.hu (in Hungarian). 16 December 2007. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
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    "Hungary Handball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
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    "Magánélete". Görbe (in Hungarian). 28 November 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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    Videó: Vincze Ottó a pálya közepén jegyezte el Görbicz Anitát – NSO. Nemzetisport.hu. Retrieved on 1 June 2016.
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    Friss: megszületett Görbicz Anita és Vincze Ottó gyermeke | BorsOnline – Sztárhírek – Pletyka – Krimi – Politika – Sport. Borsonline.hu. Retrieved on 1 June 2016.
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    "Görbicz Anita várandós" (in Hungarian). gyorietokc.hu. 13 June 2022.
  21. [21]
    "EHF Women's Champions League 2011/12 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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    "Buducnost win EHF Women's Champions League 2011/12". European Handball Federation. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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    ""Tricolorele" au triumfat la Trofeul Carpaţi" (in Romanian). Arena Vâlceană. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
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