István Pásztor (born 5 June 1971 in

Cegléd Cegléd (; ) is a city in Pest County, Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Name The name of the town is of disputed origin. The name may be derived from the word "szeglet" (meaning "corner") due to i ...

) is a Hungarian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player.

Career

Club

From 1993 to 2008 he played for

KC Veszprém KC, Kc and similar may refer to: Places * Kuçovë District, Albania's ISO 3166-2 code * Kansas City metropolitan area, a major metropolitan area of the United States ** Kansas City, Missouri, its principal city ** Kansas City, Kansas, the third-l ...

, one of the most successful Hungarian clubs. During this spell, he has won twelve Hungarian Championship and eleven

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titles. He also appeared in three continental cup finals. After failed against

CD Bidasoa CD Bidasoa Irun is a team of handball based in Irún, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL. History The Basque club was founded in 1962. Five years after its foundation, CD Bidasoa managed to get promoted to the second division and after the 1969/1 ...

in the

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finals in 1997, and lost on a three goals aggregate difference against

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in the

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five years later, he finally crowned his career in Veszprém with an

triumph in 2008. Few months later, in the summer of 2008 he moved to

Balatonfüredi KSE Balatonfüredi Kézilabda Sport Egyesület is a Hungarian handball club from Balatonfüred, that currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The team won promotion to the top division in 2007 and achieved th ...

International

He is a former Hungarian international, who has been capped 215 times. He participated on three

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(1993, 1997, 2003) and four

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(1994, 1996, 1998, 2004). He also competed at the

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, where the Hungarian team placed fourth. He played for the ''World Selection'' in 2005 against Russia, and helped the team of international stars with four goals to win the match to 37–33. His national team mate

János Szathmári János Szathmári (born 25 March 1969 in Nádudvar) is a Hungarian handball goalkeeper, who plays for Balatonfüredi KSE. Career Szathmári started his career by his hometown club Nádudvari SE. Later, he played for Debreceni Dózsa, before ...

also played for the team, that was coached by

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and Péter Kovács.

Motorcycle accident

On 29 September 2010, when riding on his Ducati motorcycle to the city center, Pásztor hit a pedestrian on a street crossing. He fell over, but suffered only minor injuries. The 80-year-old man who was hit, died on the spot. Pásztor was initially sentenced by the court to eight months in prison and to pay a fine of 334,397

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(approximately 1,250 Euro). However, he appealed the decision, and on 20 January 2011 the sentence was repealed. Nevertheless, the appellate court later upheld the verdict on 28 November 2011 and beside imprisonment, Pásztor was banned from driving for five years and obligated to pay the court costs. Pásztor admitted his guilt in court and expressed his determination to look after the deceased man's widow.

Achievements

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

: **''Winner'': 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 *

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: **''Winner'': 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 *

: **''Finalist'':

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: **''Winner'':

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

**''Finalist'':

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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: ** ''Finalist'': 2002, 2008

Individual awards

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 ...

: 1996, 1999, 2001

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pasztor, Istvan 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Cegléd Handball players from Pest County Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Hungarian prisoners and detainees