Erzsébet Bognár (pronounced ; 1942 in
Budapest
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– July 25, 2017) was a
Hungarian handball
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player and World champion.
A loyal player of
Ferencvárosi TC
Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungary, Hungarian professional Association football, football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hunga ...
, Bognár spent fifteen years with the club (1960–75), during which period she won 4
Hungarian Championships and two
Hungarian Cups. Additionally, Ferencvárosi reached the final of the
European Champions Cup in 1971, however they fell short to record champions
HC Spartak Kyiv
HC Spartak Kyiv (ukrainian: ХК Спартак Київ) is a Ukrainian women's handball club from Kyiv. It used to be a member of the Spartak VSS during the Soviet era.
History
Spartak was arguably the best team in Europe between the 1970s a ...
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Bognár also played 113 times for the
Hungarian national team
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and participated at two World Championships. In 1965 she was a member of the team that won the event in West Germany, while six years later she collected the bronze medal in the Netherlands.
Achievements
Club
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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Twelve ...
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**''Winner'': 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971
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Magyar Kupa
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**''Winner'': 1967, 1970
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European Champions Cup:
**''Finalist'': 1971
International
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World Championship
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**''Winner'': 1965
**''Bronze Medalist'': 1971
Individual
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Hungarian Handballer of the Year The Hungarian Handballer of the Year award is an annual prize, which is given to the Hungarian handballer who is considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year.
Presented by the Hungarian Handball Federation since 1964, the ...
: 1966
References
* Kozák, Péter (1995). ''Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?: (A–H)''. Szekszárd: Babits Kiadó. .
1942 births
2017 deaths
Handball players from Budapest
Hungarian female handball players
20th-century Hungarian sportswomen
21st-century Hungarian women
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