Ibolya Weiszné Mehlmann (born 4 November 1981) 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 played for the

Hungarian national team The Hungary national football team ( hu, magyar labdarúgó-válogatott) represents Hungary in men's international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. The team has made 9 appearances in the FIFA World Cup and 4 app ...

Career

Mehlmann started her professional career in

Győri ETO KC Győri ETO KC ( hu, Győri Egyetértés Torna Osztály Kézilabda Club, lit. Concordance Gymnastics Department of Győr Handball Club) is a Hungary, Hungarian professional women's handball club from Győr. Since they are sponsored by Audi, the off ...

, and first got into the spotlight when she proved her prolific goalscoring skills and led the Hungarian junior national team to win the silver medal on the 2001 Junior World Championship. It gave a big boost to her career and soon became the first choice right back in her club. She debuted in the

as well, and was member of the World Championship silver and bronze medallist, and the European Championship bronze medallist team. She was also present on the

2004 Summer Olympics 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), ...

. In the 2006 European Championship she was the top goalscorer of the Hungarian team with 37 goals and was selected for the All-Star team. In the same year she switched to

Aalborg DH Aalborg Damehåndbold is a former team handball club for women from Aalborg, Denmark. History Aalborg DH was promoted to the top league in Denmark in 2002–2003. The club finished second in the top league once, and obtained third place in 2005 ...

. In 2008, when it was made official that Mehlmann is in delicate condition, the sides terminated the contract with immediate effect. She gave birth to a boy, Olivér, on 28 December 2008. Mehlmann resumed training in early 2010 and joined Hungarian second division team VKLSE Győr. At the end of the season she was signed by

Veszprém Barabás KC Veszprém Barabás Kézilabda Club was a women's handball team from Veszprém. History The club was founded under the name Veszprém Vasas in 1966, but went through a name evolution during the years. It has been changed to Bakony Vasas and B ...

. In August 2011, still under contract with Veszprém, Mehlmann travelled to Ljlubljana with the permission of her club to participate on a trial by RK Krim Ljubljana. She impressed the Slovenian club's staff who offered her a one-year contract, which Mehlmann accepted and moved to Krim on 16 August 2011. Her last club on professional level was

Hypo Niederösterreich Hypo Niederösterreich (Hypo NÖ) is an Austrian women's handball club, headquartered in Maria Enzersdorf. They are one of the most successful teams on the EHF Champions League, having won the title eight times. They are also former winners of th ...

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'': 2005 **''Silver Medallist'': 2000, 2004 **''Bronze Medallist'': 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 * Magyar Kupa: **''Winner'': 2005 * Damehåndboldligaen: **''Bronze Medallist'': 2007 *

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'': 2002, 2004, 2005

International

* Junior World Championship: **''Silver Medallist'': 2001 *

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 Medallist'': 2003 **''Bronze Medallist'': 2005 * European Championship: **''Bronze Medallist'': 2004

Individual awards

* All-Star Right Back of the European Championship: 2006

References

External links

Ibolya Mehlmann career statistics on Worldhandball.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mehlmann, Ibolya 1981 births Living people Hungarian female handball players Sportspeople from Pécs Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Hungary Expatriate handball players Hungarian expatriates in Denmark Hungarian expatriates in Slovenia Győri Audi ETO KC players