Orsolya Vérten
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Born |
Budapest, Hungary | 22 July 1982||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kilograms (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Left wing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1999–2002 2000–2001 2002–2012 2012–2015 |
Vasas SC → Delfin KC (loan) Győri ETO KC Ferencvárosi TC | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hungary | 140 (407)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Orsolya Vérten (born 22 July 1982 in Budapest)[2] is a retired Hungarian handballer who played for the Hungarian national team.
She made her international debut in 2002 and participated on the European Championship yet in that year, finishing fifth. She played on another three European Championships (2006, 2008, 2010). Vérten was also present on three World Championships between 2005 and 2009, achieving the best result on her first one, when Hungary captured the bronze medal.
She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she finished fourth, after losing 20–22 to Russia in the semifinal, and fallig short 28–33 to South Korea in the bronze medal match. Vérten was voted into the tournament's All-Star Team in left wing position.[3]
In that year she also received the Hungarian Handballer of the Year award, given out by the Hungarian Handball Federation.[4] Vérten was awarded the prestigious prize once again in the following year.[5]
Achievements
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
- Winner: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
- Silver Medalist: 2004, 2007
- Bronze Medalist: 2002, 2003
- Magyar Kupa:
- Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Finalist: 2002, 2004, 2015
- EHF Champions League:
- Finalist: 2009, 2012
- Semifinalist: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Finalist: 2006
- Semifinalist: 2003, 2015
- EHF Cup:
- Finalist: 2002, 2004, 2005
- Junior World Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2001
- World Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2005
- European Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2012
Individual awards
- Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 2008, 2009
- All-Star Left Wing of the Olympic Games: 2008
References
- ↑ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Hungary" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ↑ "Orsolya Vérten Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ↑ All-star team of the women's olympic tournament established – International Handball Federation (Retrieved on August 24, 2008)
- ↑ "Orsolya Vérten and Tamás Iváncsik are the handball players of the year". Hungarian Handball Federation. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ↑ "Ismét Vérten az év játékosa" (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2011.