Mihály Iváncsik (born 9 July 1959 in Máriapócs) 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. 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 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 ...

, 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

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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

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

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

: 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivancsik, Mihaly 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