Erzsébet Kocsis

Erzsébet Kocsis
Erzsébet Kocsis
	Erzsébet Kocsis (1996)
Personal information
Born	11 March 1965 (age 59); Győr, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Club information
Current club	—
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championship

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
EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 1999
EHF Cup:
- Winner: 1998
EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Winner: 1995
EHF Champions Trophy:
- Winners: 1999
- Third Placed: 1998
- Fourth Placed: 1995

International

Olympic Games:
- Bronze Medalist: 1996
World Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 1995

Awards and recognition

Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 1993
Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 1992, 1994
IHF World Player of the Year: 1995

References

^ "Erzsébet Kocsis Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2009-02-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Previous World Handball Players Archived January 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on December 14, 2007)
^ "Erzsébet Kocsis Biography" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sportszövetség. Retrieved 8 July 2011.^{[dead link]}
^ "Dunaferr Women's Handball Team". Dunaferr NK. Archived from the original on 2007-12-24. Retrieved 2009-02-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Kocsis Böbe győzelemmel tért vissza a Dunaferrbe". Dunaújvárosi Hírlap Online. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2011.^{[dead link]}

Awards
Preceded by Mia Hermansson	IHF World Player of the Year – Women 1995	Succeeded by Lim O-Kyeong

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[1] "Erzsébet Kocsis Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2009-02-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[ihf-2] Previous World Handball Players Archived January 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on December 14, 2007)

[3] "Erzsébet Kocsis Biography" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sportszövetség. Retrieved 8 July 2011.^{[dead link]}

[4] "Dunaferr Women's Handball Team". Dunaferr NK. Archived from the original on 2007-12-24. Retrieved 2009-02-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "Kocsis Böbe győzelemmel tért vissza a Dunaferrbe". Dunaújvárosi Hírlap Online. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2011.^{[dead link]}

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