Mihály Iváncsik (born 9 July 1959 in
Máriapócs)
is a
Hungarian former
handball
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player. He played in right wing position and was known of his tricky, screwed shots.
Career
Club
He started to play handball for his local club Nyírbátor. His talent was spotted early and many clubs have been interested in signing him, including
Szegedi Volán SC,
Budapest Honvéd SE and
Győri Rába ETO. He has finally chosen the Győr-based team and made his senior debut for his new club in 1980 against
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 ...
. He became one of the most renowned players for the late eighties and early nineties in
Hungary
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, and has won three consecutive
Hungarian Championship titles between 1987 and 1990 with
Rába ETO. In addition, he has won the
IHF Cup in 1986, after beating Alicante in the finals. His outstanding performances earned him the
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 ...
award in 1989.
Later, he tried his luck abroad, having played two seasons in
Graz
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and another couple of years in
Günzburg
Günzburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Genzburg'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is a ''Große Kreisstadt'' and the capital of the Swabian Günzburg (district), district Günzburg. This district was constituted in 1972 by combining the city ...
. After returned to Hungary, he played for
Dunaferr SE and
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 the top level championship, and went on practising handball in lower level leagues until his retirement in 2009. He played for second division club Pápa till 2004, when he switched to third division team
Komáromi AC. Close to 50, he scored over five goals a match in average for the Danube-side.
International
He was capped 165 times for
Hungary
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and has won silver medal on the
1986 World Championship. He was fourth placed on the
1988 Olympic Games and seventh on the
1992 Olympic Games.
He also played on the
1990 World Championship. He has been picked for the ''World Selection'' and the ''Europe Selection'' several times between 1989 and 1991.
Personal
He has three sons,
Gergő Iváncsik
Gergő Iváncsik (born 30 November 1981) is a former Hungarian handballer who played for Veszprém KC, Telekom Veszprém and for the Hungary men's national handball team, Hungarian national team. He retired from handball in 2017.
He was inducte ...
,
Tamás Iváncsik
Tamás Iváncsik (born 3 April 1983 in Győr) is a Hungarian handballer.
The winger participated on four European Championships (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) and represented Hungary on further three World Championships (2007, 2009, 2011).
Pers ...
and
Ádám Iváncsik
Adam is a common masculine given name in the English language, of Hebrew origin.
The name derives from Adam (Hebrew: אָדָם), the first human according to the Hebrew Bible. When used as noun, אָדָם means "man" or "humanity". Its Biblical ...
. All of them are professional handball players and Hungarian internationals.
He is working for a multinational company in
Győr
Győr ( , ; ; names of European cities in different languages: E-H#G, names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia region, and – halfwa ...
and is a member of the management committee of his old club,
ETO-SZESE Győr FKC
Győri ETO-UNI FKC is a Hungarian handball male team from Győr, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary.
History
The Győr ETO was founded in 1904. The club's handball department was founded in 1948. ...
.
Individual awards
*
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 ...
: 1989
* Best right wing of the
1988 Olympic Games[« The olympic top scorers and Olympic all-star teams 1988-2012 », World handball magazine n°3/2016, March 2016.]
References
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1959 births
Living people
People from Máriapócs
Hungarian male handball players
Olympic handball players for Hungary
Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
Tatabánya KC players
Hungarian expatriate handball players in Germany
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate handball players in Austria
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen