Szilvia Ábrahám (born 1 August 1983 in

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) is a retired Hungarian

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who played for the

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Career

Ábrahám had swum competitively for years, when at the age of 12 her form master and later her coach, Tibor Radványi invited her for a training of

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. She fell in love with handball immediately, but at first she found it very hard to quit swimming completely and practiced both sports parallelly for a year, before deciding to concentrate fully on handball. For the age of 13 she was already a signed player of Ferencváros, with them she spent four seasons, playing in the youth team. She moved to Budapesti Spartacus SC in 2000 and made her debut in the Hungarian top flight yet in that year. In 2002

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offered her a contract she could not refuse and Ábrahám joined the Hungarian record champions. She stayed five years by the red and blues, where she worked together among others with legendary Hungarian handball coach

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. Ábrahám left the financially struggling Vasas in 2007 and switched to

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on a two-year deal. In Vác she got significantly more playing minutes than by any former teams and as a result, she quickly developed into one of the most effective line players in the league. In the summer of 2009 she was close to reach an agreement over the extension of her contract, but when it was made clear that Lucia Uhráková is joining the club and therefore Ábrahám may lose her first team place, she rather chose newcomers

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and the regular playing time. Her decision was proved to be right, as she scored a career record 128 league goals in the following season and also received her first senior international call-up from

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in September 2010, in preparation for the

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. She made it to the traveling squad and debuted in the

on 21 September 2010 against

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. Three months later, she was selected into the national team for the European Championship as well, however, this spell was cut short as she was replaced by

Tímea Tóth Tímea Tóth (born 16 September 1980) is a former Hungarian handballer who most recently played for Érdi VSE (Women's handball), Érdi VSE and the Hungary women's national handball team, Hungarian national team. Achievements *Nemzeti Bajnoks� ...

after the preliminary round, to widen the options on back positions. The performances shown by Ábrahám have impressed

Siófok KC Siófok Kézilabda Club is a Hungarian women's team handball team from Siófok, that currently play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. They have competed in lower divisions until 2006, when they have won the third-tier championship and gained promotion ...

, that secured her services for two years, starting from 1 July 2011. The deal was announced on 5 May 2011, when the ambitious club revealed that they signed Ábrahám along with other two Hungarian internationals,

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and

Renáta Mörtel Renáta Mörtel (born 12 October 1983 in Budapest) is a former Hungarian handballer who played for Siófok KC in left back position. Achievements *Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''Winner'': 2005, 2006 **''Silver Medallist'': 2004, 2010, 2011 *Magyar ...

. In June 2015 she announced her retirement from professional handball. Between 2015 and 2017 she played for a Hungarian second division team, Pilisvörösvári KSK. Since 2018 she plays for Esztergomi Vitézek RAFC in the Hungarian third division.

References

External links

Szilvia Ábrahám career statistics on Worldhandball.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abraham, Szilvia 1983 births Living people Hungarian female handball players Handball players from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian women 21st-century Hungarian women