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Beáta Siti (born 23 September 1973) is a Hungarian former
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, and later coach. During her active career she was European champion and silver medalist from both World Championships and the Olympic Games. Her biggest success with the
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was in 2000, when she obtained the gold medal at the European Championship.


Career

As a club player Siti has won all major continental trophies, including three
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 ...
, an
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 ...
and an
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 ...
title. Siti made her international debut on 25 November 1994 against Macedonia, and her first major tournament was the 1995 World Women's Handball Championship, where the Hungarian team won the silver medals after falling short against
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in the final. At the
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in
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she won a bronze medal with the Hungarian team, after losing for South Korea in the semi final, and winning the bronze final against
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."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved 14 February 2008)
In 1996 she also competed at the European Championships. At the 1998 European Women's Handball Championship in the Netherlands, she won a bronze medal with the Hungarian team. She participated at the 1999 World Championship where Hungary placed fifth. In the 2000 season she won a silver medal at the
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in
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, after playing the final against
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."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved 14 February 2008)
She competed at the 2000 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Hungarian team won gold medals ahead of
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and
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. She was forced to retire in 2006 after a knee ligament injury, following that she took the technical director position of Alcoa FKC. Since 2011 beside her club duties she also works as the assistant coach of the Hungarian women's national team.


Personal life

She has a younger sister,
Eszter Siti Eszter Ágnes Siti (born 12 November 1977 in Nagykanizsa) is a former Hungarian handball player. She is a European champion and World Championship silver medalist. Her sister, Beáta Siti, also a Hungarian international handballer, who currentl ...
, who is also a former Hungarian international handball player and European champion.


Awards and recognition

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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 ...
: 1998, 1999


Achievements


Club

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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'': 1998, 1999 *
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'': 1998, 1999, 2000 *
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 ...
: **''Winner'': 1999 *
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 ...
: **''Winner'': 1995 *
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 ...
: **''Winner'': 1998, 2002, 2005 * EHF Champions Trophy: **''Winner'': 1999


National team

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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 ...
: **''Silver Medalist'': 2000 **''Bronze Medalist'': 1996 *
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'': 1995 * European Championship: **''Winner'': 2000 **''Bronze Medalist'': 1998


References


External links


Beáta Siti career statistics on Worldhandball
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Siti, Beata Hungarian female handball players Hungarian handball coaches Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Expatriate handball players Hungarian expatriates in Denmark Fehérvár KC players People from Nagykanizsa 1973 births Living people Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Zala County