Mária Vadász, née Vanya (1 January 1950 – 18 August 2009) was a 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, Olympic bronze medalist and World Championship silver medalist. She died in Budapest on 18 August 2009 at the age of 59.

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'': 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984 * Magyar Kupa: **''Winner'': 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 * Champions Cup: **''Winner'': 1982 **''Finalist'': 1978, 1979 *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

: **''Bronze Medalist'': 1976 *

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 Medalist'': 1982 **''Bronze Medalist'': 1975, 1978

Awards

* Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 1977

References

External links

Profile on Database Olympics
1950 births 2009 deaths Hungarian female handball players Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players from Komárom-Esztergom County 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub