Amália Sterbinszky | |
Fullname: | Amália Sterbinszky |
Nationality: | Hungarian |
Birth Date: | 29 September 1950 |
Birth Place: | Hajdúszoboszló, Hungary |
Height: | 1.72m (05.64feet) |
Position: | Left Back, Playmaker |
Years1: | 1969–1972 |
Clubs1: | Ferencvárosi TC |
Years2: | 1973–1982 |
Clubs2: | Vasas SC |
Years3: | 1982–1984 |
Clubs3: | Helsingør IF |
Nationalyears1: | 1970–1984 |
Nationalcaps1: | 250 |
Amália Sterbinszky (born 29 September 1950)[1] is a former Hungarian handball player who was voted the best female handballer of the twentieth century in Hungary.[2]
She competed in two Olympic Games (1976, 1980), winning the bronze medal at the first one. Sterbinszky also collected three bronze medals at the World Championships and crowned her long and successful international career with a silver at the 1982 World event, which was held on home soil.
Sterbinszky finished her career in Denmark, subsequently taking the coaching position of the Danish national team.