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Handball At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, took place at The Dome (Sydney Olympic Park Sydney Olympic Park is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, located 13 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta Council. It is commonly known as Olympic Park but officially na ...) during the preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches. A total of 150 players, distributed among ten national teams, participated in this tournament. Medalists Qualification Squads Preliminary round For the preliminary round, the ten teams were distributed into two groups of five teams. Each team played against each of its four group opponents for a total of four matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals. Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Bracket Quarterfinals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Grini
Kjersti Elizabeth Grini (born 9 September 1971, in Oslo) is a Norway, Norwegian former team handball, handball player. She played in the clubs Jaren, Lunner IL, Lunner, Bækkelagets SK, Bækkelaget, Toten HK, Toten and Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold, Ikast. She has played in 201 games for the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian National team, scoring 1003 goals. In 2022 Grini was a participant of ''The Farm Celebrity'', a reality show on TV 2 (Norway), TV 2, where she reached the final week. References 1971 births Living people People from Gran, Norway Norwegian female handball players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate handball players Olympic handball players of Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Innlandet {{Norway-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anja Nielsen
Anja Nielsen (born 12 April 1975) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 25 February 2008) She played for Ikast Bording EH for most of her senior career. She was expected to play at the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship, 2001 World Cup in Italy, but mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katalin Pálinger
Katalin Pálinger (born 6 December 1978) is a former Hungarian handball goalkeeper who most notably played for Győri Audi ETO KC. Career She made her international debut on 22 August 1997 against Romania, and participated in her first World Women's Handball Championship, World Championship in that year, however, she finished with the national team only on the disappointing ninth place. One year later, on the 1998 European Women's Handball Championship, 1998 European Championship Hungary performed slightly better and captured a bronze medal, followed by a gold on the next continental event. Pálinger took part on another five European Championships (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010), achieving the best result in 2004 by winning a bronze. In 2000, beside the European Championship title she has also won an Olympic silver, after losing out in an epic final against Denmark. The Scandinavians faced a six-goal deficit with less than fifteen minutes from the match, when the Hungarian team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ildikó Pádár
Ildikó Pádár (born 19 April 1970 in Heves) is a Hungarian retired handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 13, 2008) She received a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 13, 2008) References |
Anikó Nagy
Anikó Nagy (born April 1, 1970, in Sajószentpéter) is a former Hungarian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 3, 2008) She received a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dóra Lőwy
Dóra Lőwy (born June 28, 1977) is a Hungarian former handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with the Hungarian national team."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 15, 2008) Achievements *: **''Winner'': 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002 * |
Anita Kulcsár
Anita Kulcsár (2 October 1976 – 19 January 2005) was a Hungarian handball player. She was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2004 by the International Handball Federation. Life She began her handball career with Nyíregyházi Kölcsey and later played for Győri Audi ETO KC, Cornexi-Alcoa and Dunaferr NK. She died in a car accident on 19 January 2005, at the age of 28; according to the police report, she was driving from Sukoró to Dunaújváros for team practice when her car slid off the road and hit a tree. Since her death, the city of Dunaújváros organizes the Anita Kulcsár Memorial Tournament in her honor every year. Achievements *Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''Winner'': 2004 **''Silver Medalist'': 1998, 2000 **''Bronze Medalist'': 1999, 2001 *Magyar Kupa: **''Winner'': 2004 **''Silver Medalist'': 2000 *EHF Cup: **''Finalist'': 1999 *Olympic Games: **''Silver Medalist'': 2000 * European Championship: **''Winner'': 2000 **''Bronze Medalist'': 1998, 2004 *World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrix Kökény
Beatrix Kökény (born 12 March 1969) is a former Hungarian handball player, European champion and multiple Olympic medalist,"1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 13, 2008) ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 13, 2008) who currently serves as the technical director of . She is married to |
Anikó Kántor
Anikó Kántor (born 26 March 1968 in Budapest) is a former Hungarian team handball player and Olympic medalist, who currently works as a handball coach. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...,"1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 13, 2008) and also received a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Farkas
Andrea Farkas (born 1 September 1969) is a former Hungarian international team handball goalkeeper who currently works as goalkeeping coach for Dunaújvárosi NKS. Among her achievements with the national team is an Olympic bronze medal from 1996 and an Olympic silver medal from 2000. As a club player her career includes victory in the EHF Champions League, as well as several national championships. Career Farkas debuted in the Hungarian national team in 1993 and played on her first major tournament two years later, winning the silver medal on the World Championship. This was followed by two bronze medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta"1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ágnes Farkas
Ágnes Farkas (born 21 April 1973) is a former Hungarian handball player. She won a gold medal at the 2000 European Championship, and earned a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 1995 and 2003 World Championships. Career Club Farkas started to play handball for Építők SC, where she stayed until 1992, when she moved to Budapesti Spartacus. A year later. she joined Ferencvárosi TC, where she spent six seasons. There, she has achieved her greatest club successes, including league and cup titles, EHF Champions League and EHF Cup silver medals. Thanks to her outstanding performances over the years, she is regarded as a club icon by Ferencváros fans. She also competed abroad, playing for German side Borussia Dortmund and later collecting two Croatian cup and Croatian championship title with Podravka Koprivnica. Farkas played her last seasons for Danish side Aalborg DH, crowning her career with a Danish league silver in her final year. Although in April 2005, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Deli
Rita Deli (born 21 August 1972 in Tatabánya) is a former Hungarian team handball player who received the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney"2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 19 December 2008) and collected the bronze at the 1998 European Championship in the Netherlands. She was forced to retire because of a recurrent Achilles tendon injury in 2004. Deli currently works as the head coach for her former club Alcoa FKC. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |