Helga Németh
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Hungary
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| Women's Handball | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1996 Atlanta | Team |
| European Championship | ||
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1998 Netherlands | Team |
Helga Németh (born August 7, 1973 in Nagykanizsa)[1] was during her active career a Hungarian handball player who has won the bronze medal with the Hungarian team on the 1996 Summer Olympics. She played all five matches and scored 18 goals.
Helga Németh has been rewarded as one of the best women handball players of all times.
Helga Németh is married[2] to Stefan Putzlocher, a German Manager at Daimler AG and has one daughter Lisbeth Zoé.
After her active career as a handball player, Helga Németh started her career as a handball coach and built up her own charity to support children in need.
Awards and recognition
During her active career as a handball player she won numerous tournaments and received honorable awards.
Personal achievements
- 144 times selected for the Hungarian National Team
- 1994: European Selection All Star Team Member
- 1994: Selected All-Star Right Back of the European Championship
- 1995: World Selection Member
- 1997: Selected second best Handball Player of the World (Anja Andersen (DK) voted best player due to the Danish Team won the World Championship in Germany that year)
- 2008: European Selection Player
Hungarian National Team
- 1993: World Championship 7th place
- 1994: European Championship 4th place
- 1995: World Championship 2nd place
- 1996: Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, U.S.A.
- 1997: World Championship 9th place
- 1998: European Championship 3rd place
- 2002: European Championship 5th place
European Cup Winner
- 1994: BEK Hypobank (Austria)
- 1995: KEK Dunaferr (Hungary)
- 2004: EHF Viborg (Denmark)
- 2006: EHF FTC Ferencváros Torna Club (Hungary)
National League Champion and Cup Winner
- 1994: Austrian National League Champion and Cup Winner with Hypobank Team (Vienna)
- 1997: Croatian National League Champion and Cup Winner with Podravka Team (Koprivnica)
- 2004: Danish National League Champion and Cup Winner with Viborg Team (Viborg)
- 2007: Hungarian National League Champion with FTC Ferencváros Torna Club (Budapest)
Club history
- 1983-1989: Oil Miners Handball Club Nagykanizsa (Hungary) under the coach László Uzsoki
- 1989-1991: BHG Budapest (Hungary)
- 1991-1993: TFSE Budapest (Hungary)
- 1993-1994: Hypobank Handball Club Vienna (Austria)
- 1994-1997: Dunaferr SE Dunaujváros (Hungary)
- 1997-1998: Podravka SC Koprivnica (Croatia)
- 1998-2003: Cornexi-Alcoa Székesvehérvár (Hungary)
- 2003-2004: VHK Viborg (Denmark)
- 2004-2005: Dunaferr SE Dunaujváros (Hungary)
- 2005-2008: FTC Ferencváros Torna Club Budapest (Hungary)
- 2008-2013: VSE Érd (Hungary) as player and coach
References
- ^ "Helga Németh Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Szülés után esküvő". Blikk.hu. 23 October 2011.
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