Gergő Iváncsik (born 30 November 1981) is a former Hungarian handballer who played for MVM Veszprém KC, Telekom Veszprém and for the Hungary men's national handball team, Hungarian national team. He retired from handball in 2017.

Career

Club

He started to play handball at the age of nine in the elementary school and later became a member of the Győri ETO FKC youth team. He made her senior debut for the Győr-based club in 1998. The talented left winger quickly caught the eyes of Hungarian top club MKB Veszprém KC, and he was signed by the champions in 2000. Since then, Iváncsik won a number of various medals and trophies both on domestic and continental level, including the EHF Cup Winners' Cup title in 2008.

International

He won a gold medal at the European Youth Championship in 1999 and led the Hungarian national team to fourth place at the Junior World Championships in 2001. He made his full international debut against Austria men's national handball team, Austria on 26 October 2000. His first major tournament was the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship, 2003 World Championship. He participated at further four World Men's Handball Championship, World Championships (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) and was present at seven European Men's Handball Championship, European Championships (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016). He was also member of the Hungarian team that finished fourth at the Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2004 Olympic Games and 2012 Olympic Games.

Personal

His father, Mihály Iváncsik is a former handball player, who has won the EHF Cup, IHF Cup in 1986 and received silver medal on the 1986 World Men's Handball Championship, World Cup in the same year. He has two younger brothers, Tamás Iváncsik and Ádám Iváncsik. Both of them are professional handball players and Hungarian internationals. He is married. His wife, Vera gave birth to a boy, Máté, on 3 February 2009, soon after Iváncsik returned from the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship, World Championship. Their second son, Milán was born in March 2014.

Achievements

*Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''Winner'': 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 **''Silver Medalist'': 2007 *Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Magyar Kupa: **''Winner'': 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 **''Silver Medalist'': 2006, 2008 *EHF Champions League: **''Finalist'': 2002, 2015, 2016 **''Semifinalist'': 2003, 2006, 2014, 2017 *EHF Cup Winners' Cup: **''Winner'': 2008 *EHF Men's Champions Trophy, EHF Champions Trophy: **''Finalist'': 2002, 2008

Individual awards

* Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 2010 * HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Gold BAR

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Golden Cross of the Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2012)

References

External links

Gergő Iváncsik player profile on MKB Veszprém KC official website

Gergő Iváncsik career statistics at Worldhandball
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