Orsolya Vérten

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Orsolya Vérten
Personal information
Born (1982-07-22) 22 July 1982
Budapest, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight69 kilograms (152 lb)
Playing positionLeft wing
Club information
Current clubFerencvárosi TC
Number6
Senior clubs
1999–2002
2000–2001
2002–2012
2012–		Vasas SC
→ Delfin KC (loan)
Győri ETO KC
Ferencvárosi TC
National team
2002–Hungary140 (407)[1]
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze 2005 Russia Team
European Championship
Bronze 2012 Serbia Team
Junior World Championship
Silver 2001 Hungary Team

Orsolya Vérten (born 22 July 1982 in Budapest)[2] is a Hungarian handballer who plays for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungarian national team.

She made her international debut in 2002 and participated on the European Championship yet in that year, finishing fifth. She played on another three European Championships (2006, 2008, 2010). Vérten was also present on three World Championships between 2005 and 2009, achieving the best result on her first one, when Hungary captured the bronze medal.

She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she finished fourth, after losing 20–22 to Russia in the semifinal, and fallig short 28–33 to South Korea in the bronze medal match. Vérten was voted into the tournament's All-Star Team in left wing position.[3]

In that year she also received the Hungarian Handballer of the Year award, given out by the Hungarian Handball Federation.[4] Vérten was awarded the prestigious prize once again in the following year.[5]

Achievements

  • Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
    • Winner: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
    • Silver Medalist: 2004, 2007
    • Bronze Medalist: 2002, 2003
  • Magyar Kupa:
    • Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
    • Finalist: 2002, 2004
  • EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
    • Finalist: 2006
    • Semifinalist: 2003
  • EHF Cup:
    • Finalist: 2002, 2004, 2005
  • Junior World Championship:
    • Silver Medalist: 2001
  • World Championship:
    • Bronze Medalist: 2005

Individual awards

References

  1. ↑ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Hungary". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Orsolya Vérten Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11 February 2011. 
  3. ↑ All-star team of the women's olympic tournament established – International Handball Federation (Retrieved on August 24, 2008)
  4. ↑ "Orsolya Vérten and Tamás Iváncsik are the handball players of the year". Hungarian Handball Federation. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  5. ↑ "Ismét Vérten az év játékosa" (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2011. 

External links

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria – current squad
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