Helga Németh (born 7 August 1973 in

Nagykanizsa Nagykanizsa (; , or just ''Kaniža/Kanjiža''; ; ; ; ), known colloquially as Kanizsa, is a medium-sized city in Zala County in southwestern Hungary. It is a city with county rights. It lies not far from Lake Balaton at the meeting point of five ...

) was during her active career 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 has won the bronze medal with the Hungarian team on the 1996 Summer Olympics. She played all five matches and scored 18 goals. Helga Németh has been rewarded as one of the best women handball players of all times. After her active career as a handball player, Helga Németh started her career as a handball coach and built up her own charity to support children in need.

Awards and recognition

During her active career as a handball player she won numerous tournaments and received honorable awards. Personal achievements * 144 times selected for the Hungarian National Team * 1994: European Selection All Star Team Member * 1994: Selected All-Star Right Back of the European Championship * 1995: World Selection Member * 1997: Selected second best Handball Player of the World (Anja Andersen (DK) voted best player due to the Danish Team won the World Championship in Germany that year) * 2008: European Selection Player Hungarian National Team * 1993: World Championship 7th place * 1994: European Championship 4th place * 1995: World Championship 2nd place * 1996: Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, U.S.A. * 1997: World Championship 9th place * 1998: European Championship 3rd place * 2002: European Championship 5th place European Cup Winner * 1994: BEK Hypobank (Austria) * 1995: KEK Dunaferr (Hungary) * 2004: EHF Viborg (Denmark) * 2006: EHF FTC Ferencváros Torna Club (Hungary) National League Champion and Cup Winner * 1994: Austrian National League Champion and Cup Winner with Hypobank Team (Vienna) * 1997: Croatian National League Champion and Cup Winner with Podravka Team (Koprivnica) * 2004: Danish National League Champion and Cup Winner with Viborg Team (Viborg) * 2007: Hungarian National League Champion with FTC Ferencváros Torna Club (Budapest)

Club history

* 1983-1989: Oil Miners Handball Club Nagykanizsa (Hungary) under the coach László Uzsoki * 1989-1991: BHG Budapest (Hungary) * 1991-1993: TFSE Budapest (Hungary) * 1993-1994: Hypobank Handball Club Vienna (Austria) * 1994-1997: Dunaferr SE Dunaujváros (Hungary) * 1997-1998: Podravka SC Koprivnica (Croatia) * 1998-2003: Cornexi-Alcoa Székesvehérvár (Hungary) * 2003-2004: VHK Viborg (Denmark) * 2004-2005: Dunaferr SE Dunaujváros (Hungary) * 2005-2008: FTC Ferencváros Torna Club Budapest (Hungary) * 2008-2013: VSE Érd (Hungary) as player and coach

References

Hungarian female handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Sportspeople from Nagykanizsa 1973 births Living people Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics RK Podravka Koprivnica players Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Hungarian expatriate handball players in Denmark Expatriate handball players in Austria Expatriate handball players in Croatia {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub