Orsolya Herr

The native form of this personal name is Herr Orsolya. This article uses the Western name order.

Orsolya Herr

Personal information
Born	23 November 1984 (1984-11-23) (age 26) Tatabánya, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	77 kilograms (170 lb)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Siófok KC
Number	12
Youth clubs
0000–2000	Tatabányai TSC Győri ETO KC
Senior clubs
2000–2009 2003–2004 2009 2009–2011 2011–	Győri ETO KC → Budapesti Spartacus SC (loan) Podravka Koprivnica Váci NKSE Siófok KC
National team 1
2005–	Hungary		96 (0)
Medal record Junior European Championship Silver 2002 Finland Team Junior World Championship Silver 2003 Macedonia Team
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2010

Orsolya Herr (born 23 November 1984 in Tatabánya)^[1] is a Hungarian handball goalkeeper playing for Siófok KC and the Hungarian national team.

Career

Club

Started to play at the age of 12, she was first selected for her hometown club Tatabányai TSC. Two years later she was signed by Hungarian giants Győri ETO KC and got an excellent opportunity to train on one of the best academies in the country.

She debuted in the Hungarian championship in 2001, but her playing minutes remained limited in the forthcoming years and she was eventually loaned to Budapest Kőbányai Spartacus SC for the 2003–2004 season. After her comeback she slowly established herself as a regular, and on 23 March 2005 she won her first cap for the national team as well, when Hungary hosted Slovakia.^[2]

Her contract in Győr ran out in summer 2009 and she decided not to extend it. She joined Podravka Koprivnica instead, as a replacement of Paula Ungureanu, who signed to CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea. In Croatia she got the chance to play together with national team mate Anita Bulath and former Győr player Ana Ðokić, under the guidance of world-class coach Zdravko Zovko.^[3]

However, just few months after her move to Koprivnica, financial troubles were revealed and on 4 August the club announced that they release all their foreign players with immediate effect to axe the wage bills.^[4]

She has not been a free agent for too long, just two weeks after her dismissal she signed a deal with Vác. Herr told in an interview, that right after the official statement made by Podravka she got many calls and offers, and she had nothing else to do just choose the best one.^[5] In the summer of 2011 she moved to ambitious Siófok KC alongside with other three Hungarian internationals, Szilvia Ábrahám, Bernadett Bódi and Renáta Mörtel.^[6]

International

Herr debuted in the national team in 2005 and a year later she already took part on her first European Championship, finishig fifth. She participated on further two European Championships (2008, 2010) as well as two World Championships (2007, 2009). She was also present on the 2008 Summer Olympics, where Hungary placed fourth.^[7]

Personal

One of her two sisters, Anita, is also a handballer, playing in the right back position. They played together in Győr until 2009, and both of them were wanted by Podravka, but Anita finally moved to Germany.

Achievements

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
  • Winner: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
  • Silver Medallsit: 2007
  • Bronze Medallist: 2003, 2010
• Magyar Kupa:
  • Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• EHF Champions League:
  • Finalist: 2009
  • Semifinalist: 2007, 2008
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Finalist: 2006
• EHF Cup:
  • Finalist: 2003, 2005
• Junior European Championship:
  • Silver Medallist: 2002
• Junior World Championship:
  • Silver Medallist: 2003

References

1. ^ "Orsolya Herr Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/orsolya-herr-1.html. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
2. ^ "Orsolya Herr Factsheet" (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. http://handball.hu/player/770_herr_orsolya/. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
3. ^ "Herr Orsolya a jövőben Zdravko Zovko kezei alatt játszik Kaproncán" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. 25 May 2009. http://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/20090525/herr_orsolya_a_jovoben_zdravko_zovko_kezei_alatt_jatszik_kaproncan. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
4. ^ "Elküldte légiósait a Podravka" (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 5 August 2009. http://handball.hu/2009/08/05/elkuldte_legiosait_a_podravka/. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
5. ^ "Herr Orsi is megtalálta a helyét" (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 20 August 2009. http://handball.hu/2009/08/20/herr_orsi_is_megtalalta_a_helyet/. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
6. ^ "Siófokon folytatja pályafutását Herr Orsolya!" (in Hungarian). Siófok KC Official Website. 21 May 2011. http://www.siofokkc.hu/archiv.php?id=1256. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
7. ^ "Hungary Handball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/2008/HAN/. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 

External links

• Orsolya Herr career statistics on Worldhandball.com

Persondata
Name	Herr, Orsolya
Alternative names
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Date of birth	23 November 1984
Place of birth	Tatabánya, Hungary
Date of death
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