Anita Kulcsár (2 October 1976 – 19 January 2005) was a Hungarian

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 goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player. She was voted

IHF World Player of the Year The IHF World Player of the Year is a handball award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season, both at club and international competitions. It is awarded based on votes from experts, media a ...

in 2004 by the

International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball C ...

Life

She began her handball career with Nyíregyházi Kölcsey and later played for Győri Graboplast ETO, Cornexi-Alcoa and Dunaferr NK. She died in a car accident on 19 January 2005, at the age of 28; according to the police report, she was driving from

Sukoró Sukoró is a village in Fejér county, Hungary. History Sukoró was originally referred to as Sokoró in documents in 1270. In preparation for the Battle of Pákozd, Lajos Kossuth held a war council meeting in a Calvinist Reformed Chr ...

Dunaújváros Dunaújváros (; also known by #Etymology and names, alternative names) is an industrial city in Fejér County, Central Hungary. It is a city with county rights. Situated 70 kilometres (43 miles) south of Budapest on the Danube, the city is best ...

for team practice when her car slid off the road and hit a tree. Since her death, the city of

organizes the Anita Kulcsár Memorial Tournament in her honor every year.

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'': 2004 **''Silver Medalist'': 1998, 2000 **''Bronze Medalist'': 1999, 2001 *

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'': 2004 **''Silver Medalist'': 2000 *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

: **''Finalist'': 1999 *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

: **''Silver Medalist'': 2000 *

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

: **''Winner'': 2000 **''Bronze Medalist'': 1998, 2004 *

World Championship 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 ...

: **''Silver Medalist'': 2003

Awards and recognition

: 2004

References

External links

Anita Kulcsár at WorldHandball.com

Anita Kulcsár at Handball.hu
* * * 1976 births 2005 deaths Hungarian female handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Olympic medalists in handball Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Road incident deaths in Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC players Fehérvár KC players People from Szerencs Handball players from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub