Anita Görbicz

Anita Görbicz

Personal information
Full name	Anita Görbicz
Born	(1983-05-13) 13 May 1983 (age 29) Veszprém, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	58 kilograms (130 lb)
Playing position	Middle Back, Playmaker
Nickname	Görbe
Club information
Current club	Győri ETO KC
Number	13
Senior clubs
1998–	Győri ETO KC
National team 1
2002–	Hungary		165 (752)
Medal record Junior World Championship Silver 2001 Hungary Team World Championship Silver 2003 Croatia Team Bronze 2005 Russia Team European Championship Bronze 2004 Hungary Team
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2010

Anita Görbicz (born 13 May 1983 in Veszprém)^[1] is a Hungarian handballer playing for Győri Audi ETO KC and the Hungarian national team. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2005^[2] by the International Handball Federation.

Career

Club

Anita Görbicz started her career at Hungarian club Győri Audi ETO KC in 1993, aged 10. She has become a key member of the team and her absence is considered a notable disadvantage.^[3] With Győr, Görbicz has won the Hungarian Championship and Cup several times. At European level, she has reached the finals of the Cup Winners' Cup and EHF Cup.

Győri ETO reached the final stage of the Champions League for the first time in 2009. Due to a knee injury a few days before the matches, Görbicz missed the finals where Győr lost against Danish champion Viborg HK. In spite of this, she ranked second in the tournament's top goalscorers list.^[4]

International

Görbicz participated in the 2003 World Championship where Hungary lost the final match against France. She received a bronze medal at the 2004 European Championship. In Russia 2005 she won bronze with her team.

Anita Görbicz has seen her performance with the national team officially recognized several times. She has been a member of the World Championship All-Star Team three times in a row: 2003, 2005 and 2007.^[5] She was also among the tournament top goalscorers in 2005 (ranked third) and 2007 (ranked second).

She was part of the Hungarian team at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, and again at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.^[6] In 2004 the Hungarian team placed fifth, after losing to the French team in the quarterfinals, and beating Brazil and Spain in the placement matches.^[6][7] At the 2008 Olympics Games Hungary placed fourth, after beating Romania in the quarterfinals and qualifying for the semifinals, losing to Russia in the semi, and then losing to South Korea in the bronze final.^[6][8] Görbicz scored 49 goals at the 2008 Olympics,^[6] second only to Romania's Ramona Maier.

Achievements

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
  • Winner: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • Silver Medalist: 2000, 2004, 2007
  • Bronze Medalist: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003

• Magyar Kupa:
  • Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • Finalist: 2000, 2002, 2004

• EHF Champions League:
  • Finalist: 2009, 2012
  • Semifinalist: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011

• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Finalst: 2006
  • Semifinalist: 2003

• EHF Cup:
  • Finalist: 2002, 2004, 2005

• Junior World Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2001

• World Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2003
  • Bronze Medalist: 2005

• European Championship:
  • Bronze Medalist: 2005

Individual awards

• IHF World Player of the Year: 2005
• Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2007
• Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 2008
• All-Star Playmaker of the World Championship: 2003, 2005, 2007
• Prima Award: 2009
• EHF Champions League Top Scorer: 2012^[9][10]

References

External links

• Anita Görbicz player profile on Győri Audi ETO KC Official Website
• Anita Görbicz career statistics at Worldhandball

Awards
Preceded by Anita Kulcsár	IHF World Player of the Year – Women 2005	Succeeded by Nadine Krause
Preceded by Heidi Løke	EHF Champions League top scorer 2011–12	Succeeded by Incumbent