Andrea Farkas

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| name = Andrea Farkas

| image = Farkas Andrea 2012.jpg

| fullname = Andrea Farkas

| nationality = Hungarian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|09|01}}

| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary

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| height = 1.78 m

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| position = Goalkeeper

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| currentclub = Dunaújvárosi NKS
(goalkeeping coach)

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| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1989

| clubs1 = Lőrinci Fonó

| years2 = 1989–1993

| clubs2 = Budapesti Spartacus SC

| years3 = 1993–1997

| clubs3 = Ferencvárosi TC

| years4 = 1997–2000

| clubs4 = Dunaferr SE

| years5 = 2000–2002

| clubs5 = Metz Handball

| years6 = 2002–2003

| clubs6 = Alcoa FKC

| years7 = 2003–2004

| clubs7 = Vasas SC

| years8 = 2004–2005

| clubs8 = RK Krim Ljubljana

| years9 = 2006

| clubs9 = Győri ETO KC

| years10 = 2010

| clubs10 = Roude Léiw Bascharage

| nationalyears1 = 1993–2001

| nationalteam1 = Hungary

| nationalcaps1 = 131

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| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 2012

| clubs1 = Astra Hungary

| caps1 = 3

| goals1 = 0

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Andrea Farkas (born 1 September 1969){{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/andrea-farkas-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000152/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/andrea-farkas-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Andrea Farkas Biography and Olympic Results|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=6 July 2011}} is a former Hungarian international team handball goalkeeper who currently works as goalkeeping coach for Dunaújvárosi NKS. Among her achievements with the national team is an Olympic bronze medal from 1996 and an Olympic silver medal from 2000. As a club player her career includes victory in the EHF Champions League, as well as several national championships.

Career

Farkas debuted in the Hungarian national team in 1993{{cite web|url=http://www.nssz.hu/?Menu=news&Action=past&m_news_id=4517|title=Múltidéző – Farkas Andrea|publisher=Nemzeti Sportszövetség|date=1 September 2010|accessdate=16 August 2011|language=Hungarian}} and played on her first major tournament two years later, winning the silver medal on the World Championship. This was followed by two bronze medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=HAN "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208105249/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=HAN |date=8 December 2007 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 3 February 2008) and the 1998 European Championship in the Netherlands. She crowned her international career with a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003620/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN |date=7 April 2008 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 3 February 2008)

At club level, Farkas achieved her best results with Ferencvárosi TC and Dunaferr SE, winning a combined six Hungarian championship and seven Hungarian cup titles. She was also member of the Dunaferr golden team that won both the EHF Cup and the EHF Championship League in 1998 and 1999, respectively.

Later she moved abroad to play for French side Metz Handball (2000–2002) and Slovenian top club RK Krim Ljubljana (2004–2005). Following her spell at Krim, Farkas gave up professional handball and joined Vasas SC as goalkeeping coach. However, after a serious knee ligament injury of Győri ETO KC's first choice goalkeeper Orsolya Herr just before the 2006 EHF Cup Winners' Cup finals, she was reactivated and signed by the Western Hungarian team for the decisive two matches.{{cite web|url=http://www.origo.hu/sport/kezilabda/20060502vasaskapusedzot.html|title=Vasas-kapusedzőt igazolhatnak a Győr kézisei|publisher=Origo.hu|date=2 May 2006|accessdate=16 August 2011|language=Hungarian}} Győr eventually lost the duel with an aggregate score of 51–48 and Farkas resumed to her coaching duties.

During her time at Vasas, Farkas coached among others Žaneta Tóthová, who became the best sportswoman in Slovakia during this period, and Ágnes Triffa, who was given the Hungarian Junior Handball of the Year award in 2005 and made her full international debut in 2006. Farkas later had spells at Százhalombattai KE and Hort SE, and also worked for the Hungarian national team in younger age categories.{{cite web|url=http://www.farkasandrea.hu/magam.html |title=Életrajzom |publisher=Andrea Farkas Official Website |accessdate=16 August 2011 |language=Hungarian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326160728/http://www.farkasandrea.hu/magam.html |archivedate=26 March 2012 }}

Somewhat of a surprise, in January 2010, the then-40-year-old goalkeeper have decided to return to the field and signed a short-term deal with Luxembourgian club Roude Léiw Bascharage until the end of the season.{{cite web|url=http://handball.hu/2010/01/21/farkas_andrea_is_visszatert/|title=Farkas Andrea is visszatért|publisher=Handball.hu|date=21 January 2010|accessdate=16 August 2011|language=Hungarian|archive-date=22 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522063328/http://handball.hu/2010/01/21/farkas_andrea_is_visszatert/|url-status=dead}}

Since 2011 she serves as the goalkeeping coach of Dunaújvárosi NKS and also works with youngsters on the club's newly founded handball academy.{{cite web|url=http://handball.hu/2011/07/22/a_bennmaradas_a_cel_a_dunaujvarosnal/|title=A bennmaradás a cél a Dunaújvárosnál|publisher=Handball.hu|date=22 July 2011|accessdate=16 August 2011|language=Hungarian}}

Achievements

Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
Winner: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Magyar Kupa:
Winner: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
French Championship:
Winner: 2002
Slovenian Championship:
Winner: 2005
Slovenian Cup:
Winner: 2005
EHF Champions League:
Winner: 1999
EHF Cup:
Winner: 1998
EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
Finalist: 1994, 2006
EHF Champions Trophy:
Winner: 1999

Awards and recognition

Silver Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary: 1999
Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary:2000 {{cite web|url=http://www.origo.hu/sydney2000/001014allamfo.html |title=Az államfő kitüntette az olimpia hőseit |publisher=Origo.hu |date=14 October 2000 |accessdate=16 August 2011 |language=Hungarian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125223059/http://www.origo.hu/sydney2000/001014allamfo.html |archivedate=25 January 2012 }}