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Ágnes Farkas

b. 1973

Hungarian handball player

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About Ágnes Farkas

Born 1973. Ágnes Farkas is a Hungarian handball player.

Ágnes Farkas (born 21 April 1973) Farkas stated she has no desire to stay in professional handball and eventually retired at the end of the season.

However, she did not stay away from the sport entirely after her retirement, as she trains children. and participated in her first World Championship in that year, finishing seventh. In 1994, she was named the top scorer of the European Championship. One year later, she was a member of the team that won a silver medal at the World Championship, organized jointly by Austria and Hungary. In 1996, she was forced to the sidelines by an injury and missed both the Olympic Games and the European Championship that year.

She placed ninth in the World Championship in 1997. She won a bronze medal on the European Championship the next year and finished fifth in 1999. She was a member of the 2000 Summer Olympics silver medal team, and was also selected to the squad that triumphed at the European Championship the same year. In 2002, she achieved fifth place in the European Championship with Hungary and was given the award as top scorer.

She participated on the 2003 World Championship and also took part at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where Hungary finished fifth.

Achievements

Club Nemzeti Bajnokság I: Winner: 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002 Magyar Kupa: Winner: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003 German Cup: Winner: 1997 Croatian Championship: Winner: 1998, 1999 Croatian Cup: Winner: 1998, 1999 Damehåndboldligaen: Silver Medallist: 2005 EHF Champions League: Finalist: 2002 EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Finalist: 1994 EHF Cup: Finalist: 1997 EHF Champions Trophy: Winner: 1999 Third Placed: 2002

International Olympic Games: Silver Medalist: 2000 World Championship: Silver Medalist: 1995, 2003 European Championship: Winner: 2000 Bronze Medalist: 1998

Awards and recognition European Championship Top Scorer: 1994,

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Awards
Knight's Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ágnes Farkas?

Hungarian handball player

When was Ágnes Farkas born?

Ágnes Farkas was born on 21 April 1973 in Budapest.

What is Ágnes Farkas's occupation?

Ágnes Farkas is a handball player.

What nationality is Ágnes Farkas?

Ágnes Farkas is Hungarian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ágnes Farkas

· Wikidata: Q996411

· DBpedia: Ágnes Farkas

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