Beáta Bohus (born 25 April 1971 in

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player and handball coach. Currently she is the head coach of the Hungarian women's national youth handball team.

Playing career

Club

Bohus started to play professional handball for her hometown club

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. During her spell at the ''Purples'', she has won a bronze medal yet in 1992. The talented line player signed to the strengthening Dunaferr in 1997 and thus become part of one of the most successful teams in the handball history. With the Dunaújváros-based team she has won the

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in 1998, the

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in 1999 and also collected the

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in that year. In additionm she has won five Hungarian championship and as many Hungarian Cup titles. In her later years she had to compete with world-class pivot

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for a first team place, and it resulted less playing minutes for her. She retired from handball in 2005, however, Hungarian second division team Csorvási SK reactivated her in 2009. She played two seasons for the club.

International

Bohus made her international debut on 30 October 1992 against

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, but surprisingly she was not selected for any major tournament until 2003. That year she participated on the World Championship, where Hungary finished second. One year later she participated at the

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, where she placed fifth with the national team. Later that year, she was also present on the European Championship and collected the bronze medal. Bohus has retired from international handball after the competition.

Coaching career

After her retirement in 2005, Békéscsaba have immediately offered her an assistant coach position. In November 2010 she was named as head coach instead of

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, in order to help the Hungarian national team coach to concentrate fully on her duties. Bohus remained in her position until October 2011, when she was replaced by Péter Kovács. Since 2013 she is the head coach of the Hungarian women's national youth handball team.

Achievements

Player

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''Winner'': 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 ** Bronze medal icon

''Bronze Medallist'': 1992, 2000 *

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''Winner'': 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004 *

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''Winner'': 1999 **''Semifinalist'': 2004, 2005 *

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''Winner'': 1998 ** Silver medal icon

''Finalist'': 2003 *

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''Winner'': 1999 ** Bronze medal icon

''Third Placed'': 1998 *

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''Silver Medallist'': 2003 *

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''Bronze Medallist'': 2004

Coach

;Hungary women's national youth handball team *

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''Finalist'':

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''Winner'': 2017 * Youth European Championship: ** Bronze medal icon

''Bronze medalist'': 2017

References

External links

Beáta Bohus factsheet on Handball.hu

Beáta Bohus player profile on the European Handball Federation Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bohus, Beata 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Békéscsaba Handball players from Békés County Hungarian female handball players Hungarian handball coaches Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Békéscsabai Előre NKSE players