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Anita Görbicz
Görbicz in 2011
Personal information
Born	(1983-05-13) 13 May 1983 (age 41) Veszprém, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Center Back/Left Wing
Club information
Current club	Retired
Number	13
Youth career
Years	Team
1993–1997	Győri ETO KC
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1997–2021	Győri ETO KC
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2017	Hungary	232	(1111)
Teams managed
2020–2021	Győri ETO KC (assistant coach)
2020–2021	Hungary (assistant coach)
Medal record World Championship 2003 Croatia 2005 Russia European Championship 2004 Hungary 2012 Serbia Junior World Championship 2001 Hungary

Anita Görbicz (born 13 May 1983) is a Hungarian former professional handballer who played for Győri ETO KC and the Hungary national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, and was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2005 by the International Handball Federation. Görbicz has also been given the nickname the Queen of Handball internationally.

She is married; her husband is Ottó Vincze, a Hungarian former football player. They have two sons, Boldizsár, born in 2015 and Domonkos, born in 2022.

She is the Honorary Citizen of Győr.

Career

Club

Anita Görbicz started her career at Hungarian club Győri ETO KC in 1993, aged 10. She has become a key member of the team and her absence is considered a notable disadvantage. With ETO, 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 the Győr side lost against Danish champion Viborg HK. In spite of this, she ranked second in the tournament's top goalscorers list.

Anita scored her 2000th goal in the Hungarian Championship in January 2018.

She has won the EHF Champions League trophy five times.

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. 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. 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. At the 2008 Olympic 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. Görbicz scored 49 goals at the 2008 Olympics, second only to Romania's Ramona Maier.

Anita announced her retirement from the national team on 10 December 2017 after Hungary failed to qualify to the quarter-finals of the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.

Personal life

Her first husband was András Présing. They married in 2006, and divorced after 17 months. Anita is married to former football player Ottó Vincze. She gave birth to their son, Boldizsár in June 2015. It was announced on 13 June 2022 that she's expecting her second child, Domonkos who was born in October 2022.

Achievements

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
  • Winner (13): 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Silver Medalist: 2000, 2004, 2007, 2015
  • Bronze Medalist: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
• Magyar Kupa:
  • Winner (15): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
  • Finalist: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2017
• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner (5): 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Finalist: 2009, 2012, 2016
  • Semifinalist: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2021
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Finalist: 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: 2004, 2012

Individual awards

• IHF World Player of the Year: 2005
• Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2017
• Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 2008
• All-Star Playmaker of the World Championship: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013
• Prima Award: 2009
• EHF Champions League Top Scorer: 2012, 2014
• Carpathian Trophy Top Scorer: 2012, 2016
• All Star Team of the EHF Champions League: 2014
• EHF Female Player of the Month: May 2017, June 2017, April 2018

References

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19. Friss: megszületett Görbicz Anita és Vincze Ottó gyermeke | BorsOnline – Sztárhírek – Pletyka – Krimi – Politika – Sport. Borsonline.hu. Retrieved on 1 June 2016.
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21. "EHF Women's Champions League 2011/12 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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23. ""Tricolorele" au triumfat la Trofeul Carpaţi" (in Romanian). Arena Vâlceană. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.

External links

• Anita Görbicz player profile on Győri Audi ETO KC Official Website
• Anita Görbicz career statistics at Worldhandball
• Anita Görbicz at the European Handball Federation
• Anita Görbicz at Olympedia

Hungary squads

v t e Hungary squad – 2002 European Women's Handball Championship Beatrix Balogh Ágnes Farkas Anita Görbicz Erika Kirsner Anita Kulcsár Zsuzsanna Lovász Ibolya Mehlmann Helga Németh Ildikó Pádár Katalin Pálinger Krisztina Pigniczki Eszter Siti Tímea Sugár Hortenzia Szrnka Tímea Tóth Orsolya Vérten Head coach: Lajos Mocsai v t e Hungary squad – 2003 World Women's Handball Championship Runners-Up Beáta Bohus Ágnes Farkas Bernadett Ferling Anita Görbicz Erika Kirsner Anita Kulcsár Zsuzsanna Lovász Ibolya Mehlmann Katalin Pálinger Krisztina Pigniczki Bojana Radulobics Eszter Siti Irina Sirina Tímea Sugár Hortenzia Szrnka Tímea Tóth Head coach: Lajos Mocsai v t e Hungary women's handball squad – 2004 Summer Olympics Beáta Bohus Ágnes Farkas Bernadett Ferling Anita Görbicz Erika Kirsner Anita Kulcsár Zsuzsanna Lovász Ibolya Mehlmann Katalin Pálinger Zsuzsanna Pálffy Krisztina Pigniczki Bojana Radulovics Irina Sirina Eszter Siti Tímea Tóth Head coach: Lajos Mocsai v t e Hungary squad – 2004 European Women's Handball Championship Third Place Beatrix Balogh Beáta Bohus Bernadett Ferling Anita Görbicz Gabriella Kindl Anita Kulcsár Zsuzsanna Lovász Ibolya Mehlmann Ivett Nagy Katalin Pálinger Krisztina Pigniczki Bojana Radulovics Irina Sirina Eszter Siti Gabriella Szűcs Tímea Tóth Head coach: Szilárd Kiss v t e Hungary squad – 2005 World Women's Handball Championship Third Place Beatrix Balogh Rita Borbás Bernadett Ferling Anita Görbicz Ágnes Hornyák Fanni Kenyeres Gabriella Kindl Mónika Kovacsicz Ibolya Mehlmann Cecília Őri Katalin Pálinger Eszter Siti Tímea Sugár Gabriella Szűcs Tímea Tóth Orsolya Vérten Head coach: András Németh v t e Hungary squad – 2006 European Women's Handball Championship Beatrix Balogh Rita Borbás Zsanett Borbély Bernadett Ferling Anita Görbicz Orsolya Herr Ágnes Hornyák Erika Kirsner Mónika Kovacsicz Ibolya Mehlmann Katalin Pálinger Eszter Siti Piroska Szamoránsky Gabriella Szűcs Tímea Tóth Orsolya Vérten Head coach: András Németh v t e Hungary squad – 2007 World Women's Handball Championship Beatrix Balogh Rita Borbás Bernadett Ferling Anita Görbicz Orsolya Herr Ágnes Hornyák Erika Kirsner Mónika Kovacsicz Ibolya Mehlmann Katalin Pálinger Piroska Szamoránsky Gabriella Szűcs Zita Szucsánszki Zsuzsanna Tomori Tímea Tóth Orsolya Vérten Head coach: András Németh v t e Hungary women's handball squad – 2008 Summer Olympics Bernadett Bódi Rita Borbás Bernadett Ferling Anita Görbicz Orsolya Herr Ágnes Hornyák Mónika Kovacsicz Katalin Pálinger Krisztina Pigniczki Piroska Szamoránsky Gabriella Szűcs Zsuzsanna Tomori Tímea Tóth Orsolya Vérten Head coach: János Hajdu v t e Hungary squad – 2008 European Women's Handball Championship Barbara Balogh Bernadett Bódi Anita Bulath Anita Görbicz Orsolya Herr Ágnes Hornyák Mónika Kovacsicz Katalin Pálinger Melinda Pastrovics Anett Sopronyi Piroska Szamoránsky Gabriella Szűcs Zita Szucsánszki Zsuzsanna Tomori Orsolya Vérten Melinda Vincze Head coach: Vilmos Imre v t e Hungary squad – Women's handball – 2012 European Championship – Bronze medal 5 Triscsuk 6 Vérten 7 Szucsánszki 8 Kovacsics 9 Vincze 10 Bulath 11 Szabó 12 Herr 13 Görbicz 15 Klivinyi 18 Szamoránsky 20 Rédei Soós 21 Kiss 22 Bódi 23 Szekeres 83 Kovacsicz 87 Tomori Head Coach: Bøhn v t e Hungary squad – Women's handball – 2013 World Championship – 8th place 2 Zácsik 5 Triscsuk 6 Vérten 7 Szucsánszki 8 Kovacsics 9 Vincze 10 Bulath 12 Herr 13 Görbicz 18 Szamoránsky 20 Rédei Soós 21 Kiss 22 Bódi 23 Szekeres 27 Cifra 83 Kovacsicz 87 Tomori Coach: Hajdu v t e Hungary squad – Women's handball – 2015 World Championship – 11th place 2 Zácsik 5 Triscsuk 7 Szucsánszki 8 Kovacsics 10 Bulath 13 Görbicz 16 Bíró 18 Szamoránsky 21 Kiss 22 Bódi 23 Szekeres 24 Mayer 30 Planéta 31 Hornyák 44 Erdősi 83 Kovacsicz 87 Tomori Coach: Németh v t e Hungary squad – 2016 European Championship – 12th place 3 Schatzl 5 Triscsuk 12 Szikora 13 Görbicz 14 Kisfaludy 15 Klivinyi 21 Kiss 22 Bódi 23 Szekeres 25 Kovács 30 Planéta 31 Hornyák 34 Mészáros 44 Erdősi 61 Janurik 66 Lukács 99 Dombi Coach: Rasmussen v t e Hungary squad – 2017 World Championship – 15th place 2 Szöllősi-Zácsik 6 Schatzl 7 Szucsánszki 8 Kovacsics 13 Görbicz 14 Kisfaludy 15 Klivinyi 16 Bíró 22 Bódi 23 Szekeres 24 Mayer 33 Kovács 34 Mészáros 45 Háfra 61 Janurik 66 Lukács 96 Tóth Coach: Rasmussen

• 1983 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Veszprém
• Hungarian female handball players
• Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Olympic handball players for Hungary
• Győri Audi ETO KC players
• 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen