Amália Sterbinszky (born 29 September 1950) is a former Hungarian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who was voted the best female handballer of the twentieth century in Hungary. She competed in two Olympic Games (1976, 1980), winning the bronze medal at the first one. Sterbinszky also collected three bronze medals at the World Championships and crowned her long and successful international career with a silver at the 1982 World event, which was held on home soil. Sterbinszky finished her career in

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, subsequently taking the coaching position of the Danish national team.

Achievements

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'': 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 *

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'': 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 *

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 ...

: **''Winner'': 1983, 1984 * Champions Cup: **''Winner'': 1982 **''Finalist'': 1971, 1978, 1979 *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

: **''Bronze Medalist'': 1976 *

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

: **''Silver Medalist'': 1982 **''Bronze Medalist'': 1971, 1975, 1978

Awards and recognition

* Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 1977 *

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 ...

: 1974, 1976, 1977 * Golden Ring of Vasas SC: 2006 * Hungarian Handballer of the 20th Century

References

External links

Profile on Database OlympicsProfile on Worldhandball.com
1950 births Living people Sportspeople from Hajdú-Bihar County Hungarian female 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 Expatriate handball players Hungarian expatriates in Denmark Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub