Gabriella Szűcs

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The native form of this personal name is Szűcs Gabriella. This article uses the Western name order.
Gabriella Szűcs
Personal information
Full nameGabriella Ibolya Szűcs
Born (1984-08-31) 31 August 1984
Oradea, Romania
NationalityHungarian
Height1.84 metres (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kilograms (163 lb)
Playing positionLeft Back
Club information
Current clubHCM Baia Mare
Number9
Youth clubs
0000–1999Debreceni VSC
Senior clubs
1999–2008
2008–2011
2011
2011–2013
2013–		Debreceni VSC
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea
Debreceni VSC
HC Zalău
HCM Baia Mare
National team 1
2004–Hungary96 (144)[1]
Medal record
Youth European Championship
Bronze 2001 Turkey Team
Junior European Championship
Silver 2002 Finland Team
Junior World Championship
Silver 2003 Macedonia Team
European Championship
Bronze 2004 Hungary Team
World Championship
Bronze 2005 Russia Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 8 December 2012

Gabriella Ibolya Szűcs (born 31 August 1984 in Oradea)[2] is a Romanian-born Hungarian handballer playing for HCM Baia Mare and the Hungarian national team.

Career

Born in Oradea into an ethnic Hungarian family in 1984, they moved to Hungary before the revolution and settled in Debrecen. Her father was a professional footballer, whilst her mother was a handball player, which could have a great influence on that Gabriella started to practice various sports since a very young age. First she tried rhythmic gymnastics later switched to folk dance. In the school she was talented in many sports including basketball and football, but finally she has chosen handball.[3]

She started to play handball at the age of eleven, and whilst in the Hunyadi János School she already had seven trainings a week. At the age of fourteen she was signed by DVSC, where she spent the next ten seasons. During this time she developed to a quality left back both on domestic and international level. With the Hungarian national team she won bronze medal on the European Championship in 2004, and a year later on the World Championship as well. She was also member of the team which finished fourth on the Olympic Games in Beijing. In 2009 she moved to Romanian top club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea, where she spent two season before re-joined her old club DVSC.[3]

Her second spell at the club, however, was cut short after DVSC faced heavy financial problems and let many of their key players to go to axe their wage budget. Szűcs remained by the club until December 2011, when she moved to the Romanian Championship again, this time to HC Zalău, where she joined her former coach Gheorghe Tadici.[4]

Personal life

She has a younger sister, Nikolett, who is also a professional handball player.[3]

Achievements

  • Romanian Cup:
    • Winner: 2013
  • Romanian Supercup:
    • Winner: 2013
  • EHF Cup:
    • Finalist: 2012
    • Semifinalist: 2006, 2013
  • Youth European Championship:
    • Bronze Medalist: 2001
  • Junior World Championship:
    • Silver Medalist: 2003
  • Junior European Championship:
    • Silver Medalist: 2002
  • World Championship:
    • Bronze Medalist: 2005

References

  1. ↑ "Hungary squad – 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Gabriella Szűcs Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Életrajz" [Biography] (in Hungarian). Gabriella Szűcs official website. Retrieved 23 September 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Gabi Zilahon folytatja" (in Hungarian). Gabriell Szűcs official website. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 

External links

HCM Baia Mare – current squad
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.