Mariann Rácz (born 17 December 1959) is a former Hungarian-Austrian

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. She won a silver medal with

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

at the 1982 World Championship. She competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

, where Austria placed 5th. From 2010 to 2020, she was the goalkeeping coach at

Érd HC Érd NK is a Hungarian women's handball club from Érd, that play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (NBI) after gained promotion in 2010. In the 2011–12 season Érd finished fourth in the NBI after losing the third place playoff series 1–2 against ...

Achievements

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 ...

: **Winner (7): 1982, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 *

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 (6): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985 *

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 (4): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 *

Women Handball Liga Austria The Women Handball Liga Austria (WHA) is the name of the handball league of Austria. Competition format The season begins with a regular season between the twelve teams. The first two teams qualifies to the final. The final is decided over two ...

: **Winner (8): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 *ÖHB Cup: **Winner (7): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

Individual awards

* All-Star Team Best Goalkeeper of the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

Personal life

Her nephew is

Ákos Kecskés Ákos Kecskés (born 4 January 1996) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for AEL Limassol as a centre-back. Club career On 29 July 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Russian Premier League club Nizhny Novgorod. On 4 August ...

, a Hungarian national football player.

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* 1959 births Living people Hungarian female handball players Austrian female handball players Olympic handball players for Austria Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nyíregyháza Naturalised handball players Naturalised citizens of Austria Expatriate handball players in Austria Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games medalists in handball Hungarian expatriate handball players Hungarian emigrants to Austria Hungarian handball coaches Austrian sports coaches Female handball coaches 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Austria-handball-bio-stub