Mihály Iváncsik (born 9 July 1959 in

Máriapócs Máriapócs is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. It lies near Nyíregyháza. It is an important place for pilgrimage. It has a Byzantine Catholic church, which houses the W ...

) 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. He played in right wing position and was known of his tricky, screwed shots.

Career

Club

He started to play handball for his local club Nyírbátor. His talent was spotted early and many clubs have been interested in signing him, including Szegedi Volán SC, Budapest Honvéd SE and Győri Rába ETO. He has finally chosen the Győr-based team and made his senior debut for his new club in 1980 against

Tatabánya Tatabánya (; german: Totiserkolonie; sk, Banská Stará) is a City with county rights, city with county rights of 64,305 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County. L ...

. He became one of the most renowned players for the late eighties and early nineties in

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

, and has won three consecutive Hungarian Championship titles between 1987 and 1990 with Rába ETO. In addition, he has won the IHF Cup in 1986, after beating Alicante in the finals. His outstanding performances earned him the Hungarian Handballer of the Year award in 1989. Later, he tried his luck abroad, having played two seasons in

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and another couple of years in

Günzburg Günzburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Genzburg'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is a ''Große Kreisstadt'' and the capital of the Swabian Günzburg (district), district Günzburg. This district was constituted in 1972 by combining the city ...

. After returned to Hungary, he played for Dunaferr SE and

in the top level championship, and went on practising handball in lower level leagues until his retirement in 2009. He played for second division club Pápa till 2004, when he switched to third division team Komáromi AC. Close to 50, he scored over five goals a match in average for the Danube-side.

International

He was capped 165 times for

and has won silver medal on the 1986 World Championship. He was fourth placed on the

1988 Olympic Games 1988 Olympics refers to both: *The 1988 Winter Olympics, which were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada *The 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul ...

and seventh on the 1992 Olympic Games. He also played on the 1990 World Championship. He has been picked for the ''World Selection'' and the ''Europe Selection'' several times between 1989 and 1991.

Personal

He has three sons,

Gergő Iváncsik Gergő Iváncsik (born 30 November 1981) is a former Hungarian handballer who played for Telekom Veszprém and for the Hungarian national team. He retired from handball in 2017. Career Club He started to play handball at the age of nine in t ...

Tamás Iváncsik Tamás Iváncsik (born 3 April 1983 in Győr) is a Hungarian people, Hungarian Team handball, handballer. The winger participated on four European Men's Handball Championship, European Championships (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) and represented Hung ...

and

Ádám Iváncsik Adam is a common masculine given name in the English language, of Hebrew origin. According to the Bible, the personal name ''Adam'' derives from the noun ''adamah'' meaning "the ground" or "earth". But it is likely folk etymology. Its Biblical a ...

. All of them are professional handball players and Hungarian internationals. He is working for a multinational company in Győr and is a member of the management committee of his old club, Győri ETO FKC.

Individual awards

* Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 1989 * Best right wing of the

« The olympic top scorers and Olympic all-star teams 1988-2012 », World handball magazine n°3/2016, March 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivancsik, Mihaly 1959 births Living people People from Máriapócs Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County