- Mária Vadász
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Mária Vadász Personal information Full name Mária Vadász Born 1 January 1950
Környe, HungaryDied 18 August 2009 (aged 59)
BudapestNationality Hungarian Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Weight 55 kilograms (120 lb) Playing position Playmaker, Winger Club information Current club — Senior clubs 1968–1971
1971–1984
1984–1986MTK
Vasas SC
EMG SKNational team 1970–1983 
Hungary244 (?) Medal recordOlympic Games Bronze 1976 Montreal Team World Championship Silver 1982 Hungary Team Bronze 1975 Soviet Union Team Bronze 1978 Czechoslovakia Team Mária Vadász, née Vanya (1 January 1950 – 18 August 2009)[1] was a Hungarian handball player, Olympic bronze medalist and World Championship silver medalist.
She died in Budapest on 18 August 2009 at the age of 59.[2]
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Achievements
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
- Winner: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984
- Magyar Kupa:
- Winner: 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982
- Champions Cup:
- Winner: 1982
- Finalist: 1978, 1979
- Olympic Games:
- Bronze Medalist: 1976
- World Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 1982
- Bronze Medalist: 1975, 1978
Awards
- Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 1977
References
- ^ "Mária Vanya Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/maria-vanya-vadasz-1.html. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ "Kézilabda - Elhunyt Vadászné Vanya Mária". Vasas SC Official Website. 19 August 2009. http://www.vasassc.hu/news_more?news_id=1812. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
External links
Hungary squads Awards Mária Tóth (1964) · Anna Rothermel (1965) · Erzsébet Bognár (1966) · Ágnes Végh (1967) · Mária Holub (1968) · Ágnes Babos (1970) · Márta Giba (1971) · Ágnes Babos (1972) · Ágota Bujdosó (1973) · Amália Sterbinszky (1974) · Ágota Bujdosó (1975) · Amália Sterbinszky (1976) · Amália Sterbinszky (1977) · Mária Vanya (1978) · Marianna Nagy (1979) · Marianna Nagy (1980) · Marianna Nagy (1981) · Marianna Nagy (1982) · Anna György (1983) · Zsuzsa Nyári (1984) · Marianna Nagy (1985) · Marianna Rácz (1986) · Katalin Szilágyi (1987) · Csilla Elekes (1988) · Beatrix Kökény (1989) · Györgyi Hang (1990) · Beatrix Kökény (1991) · Erzsébet Kocsis (1992) · Éva Erdős (1993) · Erzsébet Kocsis (1994) · Beatrix Kökény (1995) · Eszter Mátéfi (1996) · Beatrix Balogh (1997) · Beáta Siti (1998) · Beáta Siti (1999) · Bojana Radulovics (2000) · Ágnes Farkas (2001) · Ágnes Farkas (2002) · Katalin Pálinger (2003) · Katalin Pálinger (2004) · Anita Görbicz (2005) · Anita Görbicz (2006) · Anita Görbicz (2007) · Orsolya Vérten (2008) · Orsolya Vérten (2009) · Katalin Pálinger (2010)
Categories:- 1950 births
- 2009 deaths
- Hungarian handball players
- Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players of Hungary
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Hungarian handball biography stubs
- Hungarian Olympic medalist stubs
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
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