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Beatrix Balogh
Personal information
Full name	Beatrix Csatáné Balogh
Born	(1974-12-12) 12 December 1974 (age 50) Kaposvár, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Right Wing
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	Csurgói KSK
	Testnevelési Főiskola SE
	Pécsi MKC
1995–2001	Dunaújváros
2001–2004	Hypo Niederösterreich
2004–2008	Alcoa FKC
2008–2009	BM Sagunto
2009–2011	Dunaújváros
2011–2016	Marcali VSZSE
2016–	Egerszegi KK
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2007	Hungary	170	(503)
Teams managed
2011–2016	Marcali VSZSE
2016–2023	Egerszegi KK
2023-	TSV EBE Forst United
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team World Championship 2005 Russia European Championship 2000 Romania 1998 Netherlands 2004 Hungary

Beatrix Csatáné Balogh (born 12 December 1974) is a retired Hungarian handball player, European champion and Olympic silver medalist. She retired from professional handball in 2011. Between 2011 and 2016, Balogh was the player-coach of Marcali VSZSE. Since 2016, she is the player-coach of Egerszegi KK.

Balogh debuted in the Hungarian national team on 5 March 1994 against Iceland, and participated in her first European Championship the same year, finishing fourth. She took part on another five continental events (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006), winning the 2000 edition.

Balogh participated in five World Championships as well (1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007), achieving a bronze medal in 2005. In addition, she received a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Achievements

Club

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
  • Winner: 1998, 1999, 2001
• Magyar Kupa:
  • Winner: 1998, 1999
• Women Handball Austria:
  • Winner: 2002, 2003, 2004
• ÖHB Cup:
  • Winner: 2002, 2003, 2004
• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 1999
• EHF Cup:
  • Winner: 1998, 2005
• EHF Champions Trophy:
  • Winner: 1999

National team

• Olympic Games:
  • Silver Medalist: 2000
• World Championship:
  • Bronze Medalist: 2005
• European Championship:
  • Winner: 2000
  • Bronze Medalist: 1998, 2004

Awards and recognition

• Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 1997
• All-Star Right Wing of the World Championship: 2001
• Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 2006
• Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary:2000

References

1. "Beatrix Balogh Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
2. "Új vezetőedzője van a Marcali VSZSE női kézilabda csapatának" (in Hungarian). Marcali Portál. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
3. "Beatrix Balogh Factsheet" (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
4. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 13, 2008)
5. "Az államfő kitüntette az olimpia hőseit" (in Hungarian). Origo.hu. 14 October 2000. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

External links

• Beatrix Balogh career statistics on Worldhandball.com at the Wayback Machine (archived May 23, 2012)
• Beatrix Balogh at Olympics.com
• Beatrix Balogh at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)

• 1974 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Kaposvár
• Hungarian female handball players
• Hungarian handball coaches
• Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
• Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
• Olympic medalists in handball
• Knight's Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)
• Fehérvár KC players
• Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Expatriate handball players in Austria
• Hungarian expatriate handball players in Spain