Rita Deli (born 21 August 1972 in

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 ...

) is a former Hungarian

team 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 who received the silver medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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"2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 19 December 2008) and collected the bronze at the 1998 European Championship in the Netherlands. She was forced to retire because of a recurrent Achilles tendon injury in 2004. Deli currently works as the head coach for her former club Alcoa FKC.

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'': 2000 *

Women Handball Austria The Women Handball Liga Austria (WHA) is the name of the handball league of Austria. Competition Format The season begins with a regular season between the twelve teams. The first two teams qualifies to the final. Women Handball Liga Austria ...

: **''Winner'': 2001, 2002 * ÖHB Cup: **''Winner'': 2001, 2002 *

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

: **''Winner'': 1995

Awards and recognition

* Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 1999, 2000 * Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary: 2000

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* 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Tatabánya Hungarian female handball players Hungarian handball coaches Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Expatriate handball players Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Knight's Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil) Fehérvár KC players Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub