Ernő Gubányi (13 October 1950 – 13 December 2023) 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 who competed in the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

and in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. He was born in

Salgótarján Salgótarján (; , German: ''Schalgau'') is a city with county rights in Hungary, the capital of Nógrád County, north-eastern Hungary, making it the third least populous county capital. The nearby Salgó Castle is a well-known tourist attra ...

and died in

Tatabánya Tatabánya (; ; ) is a city with county rights of 64,305 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County. Location The city is located in the valley between the Gerecse an ...

. In 1976 he was part of the Hungarian team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored eleven goals. years later he finished fourth with the Hungarian team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored five goals. Gubányi died on 13 December 2023, at the age of 73.Elhunyt Gubányi Ernő olimpikon kézilabdázó

Awards

* Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 1970

References

Sources

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Nemzetisport.hu
* 1950 births 2023 deaths Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Salgótarján Tatabánya KC players 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub