Ibolya Weiszné Mehlmann (born 4 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 ...

player who played for the

Hungarian national team The Hungary national football team (, ) represents Hungary in men's international Association football, football, and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. The team has made nine appearances in the FIFA World Cup, and five in the ...

Career

Mehlmann started her professional career in

Győri ETO KC Győri ETO KC (, lit. Concordance Gymnastics Department of Győr Handball Club) is a Hungary, Hungarian professional women's handball club from Győr. Since they are sponsored by Audi, the official name for the team is Győri Audi ETO KC. On dome ...

, and first got into the spotlight when she proved her prolific goalscoring skills and led the Hungarian junior national team to win the silver medal on the 2001 Junior World Championship. It gave a big boost to her career and soon became the first choice right back in her club. She debuted in the

as well, and was member of the World Championship silver and bronze medallist, and the European Championship bronze medallist team. She was also present on the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. In the 2006 European Championship she was the top goalscorer of the Hungarian team with 37 goals and was selected for the All-Star team. In the same year she switched to

Aalborg DH Aalborg Damehåndbold is a former team handball club for women from Aalborg, Denmark. History Aalborg DH was promoted to the top league in Denmark in 2002–2003. The club finished second in the top league once, and obtained third place in 2005� ...

. In 2008, when it was made official that Mehlmann is in delicate condition, the sides terminated the contract with immediate effect. She gave birth to a boy, Olivér, on 28 December 2008. Mehlmann resumed training in early 2010 and joined Hungarian second division team

VKLSE Győr Volt Kinizsis Lányok Sportklubja Egyesület is a Hungarian women's handball club from Győr. They currently compete in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, the second tier championship in Hungary. History The club was founded in 2000 by the former Gy ...

. At the end of the season she was signed by

Veszprém Barabás KC Veszprém Barabás Kézilabda Club was a women's handball team from Veszprém. History The club was founded under the name Veszprém Vasas in 1966, but went through a name evolution during the years. It has been changed to Bakony Vasas and Ba ...

. In August 2011, still under contract with Veszprém, Mehlmann travelled to Ljlubljana with the permission of her club to participate on a trial by RK Krim Ljubljana. She impressed the Slovenian club's staff who offered her a one-year contract, which Mehlmann accepted and moved to Krim on 16 August 2011. Her last club on professional level was

Hypo Niederösterreich Hypo Niederösterreich (Hypo NÖ) is an Austrian women's handball club, headquartered in Maria Enzersdorf. They are one of the most successful teams on the EHF Champions League, having won the title eight times. They are also former winners of t ...

Achievements

Club

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 **''Silver Medallist'': 2000, 2004 **''Bronze Medallist'': 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 *

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'': 2005 *

Damehåndboldligaen The Kvindeligaen () is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

: **''Bronze Medallist'': 2007 *

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 ...

: **''Finalist'': 2002, 2004, 2005

International

* Junior World Championship: **''Silver Medallist'': 2001 *

World Championship 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 ...

: **''Silver Medallist'': 2003 **''Bronze Medallist'': 2005 *

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

: **''Bronze Medallist'': 2004

Individual awards

* All-Star Right Back of the European Championship: 2006

References

External links

Ibolya Mehlmann career statistics on Worldhandball.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mehlmann, Ibolya 1981 births Living people Hungarian female handball players Sportspeople from Pécs Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Hungary Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Győri Audi ETO KC players Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate handball players in Austria Expatriate handball players in Slovenia Hungarian expatriate handball players in Denmark 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen