Ágnes Hornyák (formerly Ágnes Boczkó-Hornyák; born 2 September 1982 in

Mátészalka Mátészalka is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. It is on the Kraszna River, 52 kilometers from the city of Nyiregyhaza. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 17 ...

) is a retired Hungarian

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

player. She mader her international debut against

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on 2 March 2005. She participated on the

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yet in that year and captured a bronze medal. She took part on another World Championship in 2007, and represented Hungary on two

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in 2006 and 2008. She was also a member of the team that finished fourth at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

in China. She was married to world champion fencer,

Gábor Boczkó Gábor Boczkó (born 1 April 1977) is a Hungarian fencing, fencer, who won a silver medal in the team Épée competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Krisztián Kulcsár, Géza Imre and Iván Kovács. Boczkó took up fenc ...

. She gave birth to their son, Áron in April 2013.

Achievements

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

: **''Winner'': 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 **''Silver Medalist'': 2007, 2015 *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

: **''Winner'': 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 *

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

: **''Winner'': 2013, 2014 **''Finalist'': 2009, 2012 **''Semifinalist'': 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 *

: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2005 *

World University Championship The FISU World University Championships are part of the sporting events of the International University Sports Federation. Launched the FISU World University Championships in 1963, with Lund, Sweden hosting the Handball event. Championships In ...

: **''Winner'': 2010

References

External links

Ágnes Hornyák player profile on Győri Audi ETO KC Official Website

Ágnes Hornyák career statistics at Worldhandball
* * * 1982 births Living people People from Mátészalka Hungarian female handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC players Sportspeople from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen Hungarian expatriate handball players in France {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub