Márta Balogh (; 2 March 1943 – 3 October 2019) was a Hungarian international

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, multiple Hungarian champion and Hungarian cup winner, and gold medalist of the 1965 World Championship.

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'': 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 *

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'': 1963, 1968 *

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, ...

: **''Winner'': 1965

Personal life

Balogh was born in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

. She was married to two-times Olympic champion water polo player

Kálmán Markovits Kálmán Markovits (August 26, 1931 – December 5, 2009) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest. Markovits was part of the H ...

. They had one child,

László László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being frequen ...

, who became the youngest Hungarian champion in tennis in 1986 at the age of 16, and later had a successful career as a sports executive, being the chairman of

Vasas SC Vasas may refer to: *Vasas SC, Hungarian sports club *Győri Vasas, former name of Hungarian sports club Győri ETO (1950-65) *Mihály Vasas (born 1933), Hungarian footballer and manager *Zoltán Vasas Zoltán Vasas (born 5 November 1977) is a ...

and a member of

Hungarian Olympic Committee The Hungarian Olympic Committee ( hu, Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság, ''MOB'') is the National Olympic Committee representing Hungary. History The Hungarian Olympic Committee was founded on 19 December 1895, as sixth in the world, following the Fren ...

References

* Kozák, Péter (1995). ''Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, vol. I. (A–H)''. Szekszárd: Babits Kiadó. . 1943 births 2019 deaths Handball players from Budapest Hungarian female handball players 20th-century Hungarian women 21st-century Hungarian women {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub