Mária Vadász

{{short description|Hungarian handball player (1950-2009)}}

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{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Mária Vadász

| image =

| fullname = Mária Vadász

| nationality = Hungarian

| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|1|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Környe, Hungary

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|08|18|1950|01|01|df=y}}

| death_place = Budapest

| height = {{convert|1.66|m|abbr=on}}

| position = Playmaker, Winger

| currentclub = —

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 1968–1971

| clubs1 = MTK

| years2 = 1971–1984

| clubs2 = Vasas SC

| years3 = 1984–1986

| clubs3 = EMG SK

| nationalyears1 = 1970–1983

| nationalteam1 = {{hbw|Hungary}}

| nationalcaps1 = 244

| nationalgoals1 =

| ntupdate =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1976 Montreal | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver | 1982 Hungary | Team }}

{{MedalBronze | 1975 Soviet Union | Team }}

{{MedalBronze | 1978 Czechoslovakia | Team }}

}}

Mária Vadász, née Vanya (1 January 1950 – 18 August 2009){{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/maria-vanya-vadasz-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112419/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/maria-vanya-vadasz-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Mária Vanya Biography and Olympic Results|publisher=Sports-reference.com|accessdate=8 July 2011}} was a Hungarian handball player, Olympic bronze medalist and World Championship silver medalist.

She died in Budapest on 18 August 2009 at the age of 59.{{cite web|url=http://www.vasassc.hu/news_more?news_id=1812|title=Kézilabda - Elhunyt Vadászné Vanya Mária|publisher=Vasas SC Official Website|date=19 August 2009|accessdate=8 July 2011}}