Erzsébet Kocsis (born 11 March 1965) is a Hungarian former

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 and the current technical director of Dunaújvárosi NKS. 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 1995 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 ...

.Previous World Handball Players
(Retrieved on 14 December 2007) She won 125 caps for the Hungarian national team between 1986 and 1996, and received a bronze medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and a silver medal at the 1995 World Championship. At club level, she won all three major continental titles with Dunaújváros. First in 1995 the

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocea ...

, four years later the

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 ...

, and in 1999 the

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 ...

. She gave up professional handball in 2000, however, following her former team lost most of their players due to financial problems, she returned into action in 2009, helping Dunaújváros to avoid relegation. She is married to Árpád Sári, a former handballer. Their daughter, Barbara Sári is also a professional handball player.

Achievements

Club

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'': 1998, 1999 *

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'': 1998, 1999 *

: **''Winner'': 1999 *

: **''Winner'': 1998 *

: **''Winner'': 1995 * EHF Champions Trophy: **''Winners'': 1999 **''Third Placed'': 1998 **''Fourth Placed'': 1995

International

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 ...

: **''Bronze Medalist'': 1996 *

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'': 1995

Awards and recognition

* Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 1993 *

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 ...

: 1992, 1994 *

: 1995

References

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* * * 1965 births Living people Hungarian female handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Olympic medalists in handball Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Győri Audi ETO KC players Handball players from Győr 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub