Mária Vadász, née Vanya (1 January 1950 – 18 August 2009) was a Hungarian handball player, Olympic bronze medalist and World Championship silver medalist. She died in Budapest on 18 August 2009 at the age of 59.

Achievements

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'': 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984 *

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'': 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 * Champions Cup: **''Winner'': 1982 **''Finalist'': 1978, 1979 *

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 vari ...

: **''Bronze Medalist'': 1976 *

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'': 1982 **''Bronze Medalist'': 1975, 1978

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 m ...

: 1977

References

External links

Profile on Database Olympics
1950 births 2009 deaths 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 Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Komárom-Esztergom County {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub