Gergő Iváncsik (born 30 November 1981) is a former Hungarian

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 ...

er who played for

Telekom Veszprém Telekom may refer to: *A1 Telekom Austria Group, Austria **A1 Telekom Austria *Deutsche Telekom, Germany **Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia **Magyar Telekom, Hungary **Crnogorski Telekom, Montenegro **Makedonski Telekom, North Macedonia **Telekom Romania ...

and for the

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. He retired from handball in 2017. He was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.

Career

Club

He started to play handball at the age of nine in the elementary school and later became a member of the

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. ...

youth team. He made her senior debut for the Győr-based club in 1998. The talented left winger quickly caught the eyes of Hungarian top club

Veszprém KC Veszprém KC is a Hungarian professional handball club from Veszprém, that for sponsorship reasons is called ONE Veszprém. Veszprém plays in the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I and are the most successfu ...

, and he was signed by the champions in 2000. Since then, Iváncsik won a number of various medals and trophies both on domestic and continental level, including the

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title in 2008.

International

He won a gold medal at the European Youth Championship in 1999 and led the Hungarian national team to fourth place at the Junior World Championships in 2001. He made his full international debut against

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on 26 October 2000. His first major tournament was the 2003 World Championship. He participated at further four

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(2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) and was present at seven

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(2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016). He was also member of the Hungarian team that finished fourth at the

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and

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Personal

His father,

Mihály Iváncsik Mihály Iváncsik (born 9 July 1959 in Máriapócs) is a Hungarian people, Hungarian former team handball, handball player. He played in right wing position and was known of his tricky, screwed shots. Career Club He started to play handb ...

is a former handball player, who has won the IHF Cup in 1986 and received silver medal on the

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in the same year. He has two younger brothers,

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 ...

. Both of them are professional handball players and Hungarian internationals. He is married. His wife, Vera gave birth to a boy, Máté, on 3 February 2009, soon after Iváncsik returned from the

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. Their second son, Milán was born in March 2014.

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'': 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 **''Silver Medalist'': 2007 *

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 ...

: **''Winner'': 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 **''Silver Medalist'': 2006, 2008 *

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

: **''Finalist'': 2002, 2015, 2016 **''Semifinalist'': 2003, 2006, 2014, 2017 *

: **''Winner'': 2008 *

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: **''Finalist'': 2002, 2008

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 ...

: 2010 * Golden Cross of the Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2012)

References

External links

Gergő Iváncsik player profile on MKB Veszprém KC official website

Gergő Iváncsik career statistics at Worldhandball
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivancsik, Gergo 1981 births Living people Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players from Győr Veszprém KC players 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen