Erzsébet Kocsis

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Erzsébet Kocsis
Personal information
Born (1965-03-11) 11 March 1965
Győr, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Club information
Current club
Senior clubs
1982–1989
1989–1999
1999–2000
2009
Győri Richards
Dunaújváros
Kiskőrösi KC
Dunaújváros
National team
1986–1996Hungary125 (328)

Erzsébet Kocsis (born 11 March 1965 in Győr)[1] is a Hungarian former handball player and the current technical director of Dunaújvárosi NKS. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1995[2] by the International Handball Federation.

She has won 125 caps for the Hungarian national team,[3] with them she received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1995 World Championship.

At club level, she has won all three major continental titles with Dunaújváros. First in 1995 the EHF Cup Winners' Cup,[4] four years later the EHF Cup, and in 1999 the EHF Champions League. She gave up professional handball in 2000, however, following her former team have lost most of their players due to financial problems, she returned into action in 2009, helping Dunaújváros to avoid the relegation.[5]

She is married to Árpád Sári, a former handballer. Their daughter, Barbara Sári is a professional handball player as well.

Achievements

Club

  • Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
    • Winner: 1998, 1999
  • Magyar Kupa:
    • Winner: 1998, 1999

International

  • World Championship:
    • Silver Medalist: 1995

Awards and recognition

References

  1. "Erzsébet Kocsis Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-02-11. 
  2. Previous World Handball Players (Retrieved on December 14, 2007)
  3. "Erzsébet Kocsis Biography" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sportszövetség. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 
  4. "Dunaferr Women's Handball Team". Dunaferr NK. Retrieved 2009-02-11. 
  5. "Kocsis Böbe győzelemmel tért vissza a Dunaferrbe". Dunaújvárosi Hírlap Online. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 
Awards
Preceded by
Mia Hermansson
IHF World Player of the Year – Women
1995
Succeeded by
Lim O-Kyeong
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