Gergely János Harsányi (born 3 May 1981) is a Hungarian handballer, who retired from professional handball in 2018 and currently plays for Tatai AC in the Hungarian second division.

Career

Harsányi started his professional career at his hometown club Nyíregyházi KC, before moving to

PLER KC Pestszentlőrinc-Elektromos-Rév Kézilabda Club was a Hungary, Hungarian team handball club from Pestszentlőrinc, Budapest, that played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary. ...

. He spent a decade with the Pestszentlőrinc-based team and captured a Hungarian Cup bronze in 2007. In the 2007–2008 season, he played handball in the German Bundesliga,

Frisch Auf Göppingen Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Germany, located in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in Handball-Bundesliga. Nine-time c ...

, and then returned to

after 1 season. He signed to

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros ...

in the summer of 2009, however, after financial difficulties with the club were revealed, Harsányi was transferred to Tatabánya-Carbonex KC in the winter break to ease the growing troubles at the club. He retired from professional handball in 2018. His first major international tournament was the 2004 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed fourth. He participated on two European Championship (2006, 2012), four

World Championships 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, ...

(2009, 2011, 2013, 2017) and two Olympics (2004 and 2012).

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 ...

: **''Bronze Medallist'': 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 *

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 ...

: **''Bronze Medallist'': 2007

Individual awards

HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Gold BAR

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

References

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* * * * * 1981 births Living people People from Nyíregyháza Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players of Hungary Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub