Sándor Vass (born August 11, 1946, in
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
) 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 and coach.
In 1972 he was part of the Hungarian team which finished eighth in the
Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored eleven goals. Eight years later he finished fourth with the Hungarian team in the
1980 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 16 goals.
He also appeared on two
World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...
in 1970 and 1974, finishing eighth and seventh, respectively.
Vass has been the coach of the
Hungarian men's national team between 1997 and 1999.
Awards
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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 ...
: 1971
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 1969
References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
Handball players from Budapest
Hungarian male handball players
Hungarian handball coaches
Olympic handball players for Hungary
Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Handball coaches of international teams
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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