Helga Németh (born 7 August 1973 in Nagykanizsa)[1] was during her active career a Hungarianhandball player who has won the bronze medal with the Hungarian team on the 1996 Summer Olympics. She played all five matches and scored 18 goals.
Helga Németh has been rewarded as one of the best women handball players of all times.
After her active career as a handball player, Helga Németh started her career as a handball coach and built up her own charity to support children in need.
Awards and recognition
During her active career as a handball player she won numerous tournaments and received honorable awards.
Personal achievements
144 times selected for the Hungarian National Team
1994: European Selection All Star Team Member
1994: Selected All-Star Right Back of the European Championship
1995: World Selection Member
1997: Selected second best Handball Player of the World (Anja Andersen (DK) voted best player due to the Danish Team won the World Championship in Germany that year)
2008: European Selection Player
Hungarian National Team
1993: World Championship 7th place
1994: European Championship 4th place
1995: World Championship 2nd place
1996: Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, U.S.A.
1997: World Championship 9th place
1998: European Championship 3rd place
2002: European Championship 5th place
European Cup Winner
1994: BEK Hypobank (Austria)
1995: KEK Dunaferr (Hungary)
2004: EHF Viborg (Denmark)
2006: EHF FTC Ferencváros Torna Club (Hungary)
National League Champion and Cup Winner
1994: Austrian National League Champion and Cup Winner with Hypobank Team (Vienna)
1997: Croatian National League Champion and Cup Winner with Podravka Team (Koprivnica)
2004: Danish National League Champion and Cup Winner with Viborg Team (Viborg)
2007: Hungarian National League Champion with FTC Ferencváros Torna Club (Budapest)
Club history
1983-1989: Oil Miners Handball Club Nagykanizsa (Hungary) under the coach László Uzsoki
