Ágnes Farkas (born 21 April 1973) is a former Hungarian

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player. She won a gold medal at the 2000 European Championship, and earned a silver medal at the

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and at the

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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

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, 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

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. Farkas played her last seasons for Danish side

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, crowning her career with a Danish league silver in her final year. Although in April 2005,

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offered her a one-year contract with the option for another year, Farkas stated she has no desire to stay in professional handball and eventually retired at the end of the season. However, she did not stay away from the sport entirely after her retirement, as she trains children.

International

She debuted on the Hungarian national team on 16 October 1993 against

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, and participated in her first

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in that year, finishing seventh. In 1994, she was named the top scorer of the European Championship. One year later, she was a member of the team that won a silver medal at the World Championship, organized jointly by Austria and Hungary. In 1996, she was forced to the sidelines by an injury and missed both the

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and the European Championship that year. She placed ninth in the World Championship in 1997. She won a bronze medal on the European Championship the next year and finished fifth in 1999. She was a member of the

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''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved 19 December 2008) and was also selected to the squad that triumphed at the European Championship the same year. In 2002, she achieved fifth place in the European Championship with Hungary and was given the award as top scorer. She participated on the 2003 World Championship and also took part at the

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, where Hungary finished fifth.

Achievements

Club

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

: **''Winner'': 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002 *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

: **''Winner'': 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003 *German Cup: **''Winner'': 1997 *Croatian Championship: **''Winner'': 1998, 1999 *Croatian Cup: **''Winner'': 1998, 1999 *

Damehåndboldligaen The Danish Women's Handball League ( da, Damehåndboldligaen) is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league is ...

: **''Silver Medallist'': 2005 *

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

: **''Finalist'': 2002 *

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

: **''Finalist'': 1994 *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

: **''Finalist'': 1997 * EHF Champions Trophy: **''Winner'': 1999 **''Third Placed'': 2002

International

: **''Silver Medalist'': 2000 *

: **''Silver Medalist'': 1995, 2003 * European Championship: **''Winner'': 2000 **''Bronze Medalist'': 1998

Awards and recognition

* European Championship Top Scorer: 1994, 2002 * Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 2001 *

Hungarian Handballer of the Year The Hungarian Handballer of the Year award is an annual prize, which is given to the Hungarian handballer who is considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. Presented by the Hungarian Handball Federation since 1964, the m ...

: 2001, 2002 * Knight's Cross of the

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary The Hungarian Order of Merit ( hu, Magyar Érdemrend) is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the O ...

:2000

References

External links

Ágnes Farkas factsheet on Handball.hu

Ágnes Farkas player profile on the European Handball Federation Official Website
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