Piroska Szamoránsky (born 9 July 1986) is a former Hungarian

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player.

Career

Club

As a child she practiced aerobic, jazz ballet and rope skipping. She caught the fancy of handball around 1995, by watching matches in TV, and that time she determined to pursue a professional handball career. She started to play in the ''Balázs Béla ÁMK'' under Zoltán Basák. When she started high school, she signed a contract with

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. Szamoránsky came through the ranks quickly, having won the national championship both on youth and junior level and later with the first team as well. However, in 2005, after Győr player policy favoured the older and more experienced players against youngsters, the pivot decided to leave the club. Éva Szarka, the coach of

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungary, Hungarian professional Association football, football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hunga ...

, immediately signed the talented line player who became an important member of the team that won the league title in 2007. After a short spell in Montenegro, she rejoined the club in June 2010.

International

Szamoránsky debuted in the national team on 4 April 2006 against Norway. In the same year, she participated in the

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, finishing in fifth place. She represented Hungary in two more European Championships (2008, 2010) and in a World Championship (2007). She was also member of the Hungarian team that finished fourth in the

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Personal

She has a twin sister, Anikó, also a professional handballer, who just like Piroska, plays as a line player.

Achievements

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'': 2005, 2007 **''Silver Medalist'': 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2008, 2011 *

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 ...

: **''Silver Medllist'': 2007 *Montenegrin Championship: **''Winner'': 2010 *Montenegrin Cup: **''Winner'': 2010 *

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 ...

: **''Winner'': 2006 *

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: **''Winner'': 2010, 2011, 2012 **''Semifinalist'': 2007 *

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: **''Fourth Placed'': 2006 *

: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2012

Individual awards

* Team of the Tournament Pivot of the

Baia Mare Champions Trophy The Baia Mare Champions Trophy () was a one-off pre-season international women's team handball tournament for clubs, held in Baia Mare, Romania. The competition was hosted by Liga Naţională club HCM Baia Mare and governed by the rules and regu ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

References

External links

Profile on Ferencvárosi TC Official WebsiteCareer statistics at Worldhandball
{{DEFAULTSORT:Szamoransky, Piroska 1986 births Living people Hungarian female handball players Handball players from Győr Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Hungary Hungarian expatriate handball players Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro Győri Audi ETO KC players Hungarian people of Ukrainian descent Ferencvárosi TC players (women's handball) Expatriate handball players in Montenegro 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen