Anita Görbicz (born 13 May 1983) 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 ...

er who played for Győri Audi ETO KC and the Hungary national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, and was voted

IHF World Player of the Year The IHF World Player of the Year is a handball award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season, both at club and international competitions. It is awarded based on votes from experts, media a ...

in 2005 by the

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. Görbicz has also been given the nickname the ''Queen of Handball'' internationally. She is married; her husband is

Ottó Vincze Ottó Vincze (born 29 August 1974) is a Hungarian former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He played abroad in Spain, Switzerland and Germany. His wife is handball player Anita Görbicz. Their son, Boldiz ...

, 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 Győr ( , ; german: Raab, links=no; names of European cities in different languages: E-H#G, names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia ...

Career

Club

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

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and

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. Győri ETO reached the final stage of the Champions League for the first time in

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. Due to a knee injury a few days before the matches, Görbicz missed the finals where the Győr side lost against Danish champion

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. In spite of this, she ranked second in the tournament's top goalscorers list. Anita scored her 2000th goal in the Hungarian Championship in January 2018. She has won the

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trophy five times.

International

Görbicz participated in the 2003 World Championship where Hungary lost the final match against

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. 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:

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and

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. 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 The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, and again at the

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. In 2004 the Hungarian team placed fifth, after losing to the French team in the quarterfinals, and beating

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and Spain in the placement matches. At the 2008 Olympic Games Hungary placed fourth, after beating

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in the quarterfinals and qualifying for the semifinals, losing to

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in the semi, and then losing to South Korea in the bronze final. Görbicz scored 49 goals at the 2008 Olympics, second only to Romania's

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. Anita announced her retirement from the national team on 10 December 2017 after

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failed to qualify to the quarter-finals of the

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Personal life

Her first husband was András Présing. They married in 2006, and divorced after 17 months. Anita is married to former football player

. She gave birth to their son, Boldizsár in June 2015. It was announced on 13 June 2022 that she's expecting her second child, Domonkos who was born in October 2022.

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 (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 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 (15)'': 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 **''Finalist'': 2000, 2002, 2004, 2017 *

: **''Winner (5)'': 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 **''Finalist'': 2009, 2012, 2016 **''Semifinalist'': 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2021 *

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: **''Finalist'': 2006 **''Semifinalist'': 2003 *

: **''Finalist'': 2002, 2004, 2005 * Junior World Championship: **''Silver Medalist'': 2001 *

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: **''Silver Medalist'': 2003 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2005 * European Championship: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2004, 2012

Individual awards

: 2005 *

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 ...

: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2017 * Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 2008 * All-Star Playmaker of the World Championship: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013 * Prima Award: 2009 * EHF Champions League Top Scorer: 2012, 2014 *

Carpathian Trophy The Carpathian Trophy ( ro, 'Trofeul Carpaţi') is an annual men's and women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation The Romanian Handball Federation ( ro, Federaţia Română de Handbal) (FRH) is the governin ...

Top Scorer: 2012,

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* All Star Team of the

: 2014 * EHF Female Player of the Month: ''May'' 2017, ''June'' 2017, ''April'' 2018

References

External links

Anita Görbicz player profile on Győri Audi ETO KC Official WebsiteAnita Görbicz career statistics at Worldhandball
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorbicz, Anita 1983 births Living people People from Veszprém Hungarian female handball players Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC players Association footballers' wives and girlfriends Sportspeople from Veszprém County