Marianna Gódorné Nagy (born 30 August 1957)
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 and
Olympic medalist. With her 281 matches played for the Hungarian national team, she is the all-time record-holder.
Career
Nagy started her career in her hometown club Csornai SE. In 1976 she moved to Budapest to study on the University of Physical Education and to play for their team. Nagy graduated in 1980 and signed to Vasas SC yet in that year. She spent six years with the red and blues, during which time she won a number of domestic titles and obtained the
Champions Cup. In 1986 she moved abroad to play for Bayer Leverkusen, the team that was coached by her husband, Mihály Gódor, whom she met during his university years. Nagy switched to Hypobank Südstadt in 1988; with them she has made the Austrian championship and Champions Cup double two times in row.
She played 281 times 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 ...
between 1974 and 1987 and won a number of medals, including an Olympic Games bronze in 1976 and a World Championship silver in 1982.
Following her good performances in Hypo, Nagy, who was not a member of the Hungarian basis for that time, received an invitation from the Austrian Handball Federation to represent Austria on international level. Nagy accepted the offer and played over one hundred times for Austria until her retirement.
After Nagy gave up professional handball, she settled with her husband in Szentgyörgyvölgy, where they run a hotel with a sports and fitness center in the countryside. Nagy also coaches the handball club of Lenti, which plays in the county championship, while her husband serves as the assistant coach of the Austrian women's national team.
Achievements
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
**''Winner'': 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985
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Magyar Kupa:
**''Winner'': 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
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Women Handball Austria:
**''Winner'': 1989, 1990, 1991
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ÖHB Cup:
**''Winner'': 1990, 1991
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Champions Cup:
**''Winner'': 1982, 1989, 1990
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Olympic Games:
**''Bronze Medalist'': 1976
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World Championship:
**''Silver Medalist'': 1982
**''Bronze Medalist'': 1975, 1978
Awards and recognition
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Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985
References
External links
Profile on DatabaseolympicsVasas SC profile
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1957 births
Living people
People from Csorna
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 Austria
Hungarian expatriates in Germany
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Győr-Moson-Sopron County