- Orsolya Vérten
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The native form of this personal name is Vérten Orsolya. This article uses the Western name order.
Orsolya Vérten Personal information Full name Orsolya Vérten Born 22 July 1982
Budapest, HungaryNationality Hungarian Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Weight 68 kilograms (150 lb) Playing position Left Wing Club information Current club Győri ETO KC Number 6 Senior clubs 1999–2002
2000–2001
2002–Vasas SC
→ Delfin KC (loan)
Győri ETO KCNational team 1 2002– 
Hungary114 (339) Medal recordJunior World Championship Silver 2001 Hungary Team World Championship Bronze 2005 Russia Team 1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 4 December 2010Orsolya Vérten (born 22 July 1982 in Budapest)[1] is a Hungarian handballer who plays for Győri Audi ETO KC and 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.[2]
In that year she also received the Hungarian Handballer of the Year award, given out by the Hungarian Handball Federation.[3] Vérten was awarded the prestigious prize once again in the following year.[4]
Contents
Achievements
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
- Winner: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Silver Medallist: 2004, 2007
- Bronze Medallist: 2002, 2003
- Magyar Kupa:
- Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Finalist: 2002, 2004
- EHF Champions League:
- Finalist: 2009
- Semifinalists: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Finalist: 2006
- Semifinalist: 2003
- EHF Cup:
- Finalist: 2002, 2004, 2005
- Junior World Championship:
- Silver Medallist: 2001
- World Championship:
- Bronze Medallist: 2005
Individual awards
- Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 2008, 2009
- All-Star Left Wing of the Olympic Games: 2008
References
- ^ "Orsolya Vérten Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/orsolya-verten-1.html. 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. http://hawaii2.ithelpportal.com/MKSZ2008/DesktopDefault.aspx?ann_mode=view&annid=1502&menuid=12018&languageid=1. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ "Ismét Vérten az év játékosa" (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 24 November 2009. http://handball.hu/magyarorszag/2009/11/24/ismet_verten_az_ev_jatekosa/. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
External links
- Orsolya Vérten player profile on Győri Audi ETO KC Official Website
- Orsolya Vérten career statistics on Worldhandball.com
Hungary squads Awards Mária Tóth (1964) · Anna Rothermel (1965) · Erzsébet Bognár (1966) · Ágnes Végh (1967) · Mária Holub (1968) · Ágnes Babos (1970) · Márta Giba (1971) · Ágnes Babos (1972) · Ágota Bujdosó (1973) · Amália Sterbinszky (1974) · Ágota Bujdosó (1975) · Amália Sterbinszky (1976) · Amália Sterbinszky (1977) · Mária Vanya (1978) · Marianna Nagy (1979) · Marianna Nagy (1980) · Marianna Nagy (1981) · Marianna Nagy (1982) · Anna György (1983) · Zsuzsa Nyári (1984) · Marianna Nagy (1985) · Marianna Rácz (1986) · Katalin Szilágyi (1987) · Csilla Elekes (1988) · Beatrix Kökény (1989) · Györgyi Hang (1990) · Beatrix Kökény (1991) · Erzsébet Kocsis (1992) · Éva Erdős (1993) · Erzsébet Kocsis (1994) · Beatrix Kökény (1995) · Eszter Mátéfi (1996) · Beatrix Balogh (1997) · Beáta Siti (1998) · Beáta Siti (1999) · Bojana Radulovics (2000) · Ágnes Farkas (2001) · Ágnes Farkas (2002) · Katalin Pálinger (2003) · Katalin Pálinger (2004) · Anita Görbicz (2005) · Anita Görbicz (2006) · Anita Görbicz (2007) · Orsolya Vérten (2008) · Orsolya Vérten (2009) · Katalin Pálinger (2010)
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Budapest
- Hungarian handball players
- Olympic handball players of Hungary
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian handball biography stubs
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
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