Magda Balsam
{{short description|Polish handball player (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Magda Balsam
| image = 2023-04-01 Handball Frauen, Final4 2023, Halbfinale 1, TuS Metzingen - SG BBM Bietigheim 1DX 8710 by Stepro (cropped).jpg
| nationality = Polish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|9|20|df=y}}
| height = 1.72 m
| position = Right wing
| currentclub = JKS Jarosław
| clubnumber = 3
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Bellator Ryjewo
| youthyears2 = -2015
| youthclubs2 = Vistal Gdynia
| years1 = 2015-2019
| clubs1 = EB Start Elbląg
| years2 = 2019-2020
| clubs2 = JKS Jarosław
| years3 = 2020-2021
| clubs3 = MKS Lublin
| years4 = 2021-2022
| clubs4 = JKS Jarosław
| years5 = 2022-
| clubs5 = TuS Metzingen
| nationalyears1 = 2017–
| nationalteam1 = Poland
| nationalcaps1 = 48
| nationalgoals1 = 158
| ntupdate = 3 November 2024
}}
Magda Balsam (born 20 September 1996) is a Polish handballer for JKS Jarosław and the Polish national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/NwdX6gv_qBx9OO2HgtULKA/magda-balsam/|title= Magda Balsam EHF Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=16 May 2022}}
She participated at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain, placing 15th.{{cite web|url=https://zprp.pl/archiwa/227012|title=Skład Polek na Mistrzostwa Świata|publisher=zprp.pl|date=25 November 2021|access-date=16 May 2022|language=pl}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/b18ddd17-4cb0-454b-8c86-6624aa5815db/pdf/POL.PDF|title=Team Roster Poland|website=ihf.info|date=7 December 2021|access-date=16 May 2022}}
Career
Balsam started playing as a kid in Bellator Ryjewo.
She transferred to top flight team in 2015,{{cite web|url=https://www.portel.pl/sport/gotowi-do-startu-magdalena-balsam/84412 |publisher=portel.pl |title=Gotowi do Startu: Magdalena Balsam|access-date=1 March 2022|language=PL}} where she was loaned to Sambor Tczew for three months.{{cite web|url=https://www.portel.pl/sport/rewolucja-kadrowa-w-starcie-chcemy-zbudowac-perspektywiczna-druzyne/82451 |publisher=portel.pl|title=Rewolucja kadrowa w Starcie: ‘Chcemy zbudować perspektywiczną drużynę‘|access-date=1 March 2022|language=PL}}
She played there for four seasons, before switching to fellow polish top flight team JKS Jarosław in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.portel.pl/sport/czulam-sie-czescia-tego-klubu/111991 |publisher=portel.pl|title=Czułam się częścią tego klubu|access-date=1 March 2022|language=PL}}{{cite web|url=http://ruch-chorzow.pl/i1/aktualnosci/1158/kpr_ruch__eurobud_jks_jaroslaw._do_trzech_razy_sztuka_chorzowianek/ |publisher=ruch-chorzow.pl|title=KPR Ruch - Eurobud JKS Jarosław. Do trzech razy sztuka chorzowianek?|access-date=1 March 2022|language=PL}} In her first season at the club she scored 132 goals in 20 matches, making her the second most scored player in that league season. This prompted a move to league rivals MKS Lublin the following season,{{cite web|url=https://sport.onet.pl/pilka-reczna/pgnig-superliga-kobiet/magda-balsam-nowa-zawodniczka-perly-lublin/yl3swhj |publisher=sport.onet.pl|title=Magda Balsam nową zawodniczką Perły Lublin|access-date=1 March 2022|language=PL}} but she returned to JKS Jarosław after only a season in Lublin.{{cite web|url=https://ekspresjaroslawski.pl/artykul/magda-balsam-wraca-do/1152914 |publisher=ekspresjaroslawski.pl|title=Magda Balsam wraca do Jarosławia|access-date=1 March 2022|language=PL}}
In the 2022/2023 season she joined German Bundesliga side TuS Metzingen.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-1-44748.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Personalentscheidungen in Metzingen: Drei Nationalspielerinnen kommen, Brøns Petersen geht|access-date=1 March 2022|language=DE|trans-title=Changing in the guard at Metzingen: Three national team players arrive, Brøns Petersen leaves}}
Here she would again only stay for a season before rejoining MKS Lublin for the second time for the 2023/2024 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-17-48380.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title= Metzingerin Magda Balsam mit neuem Verein in Polen|access-date=1 March 2022|language=DE|trans-title=Metzinger Magda Balsam with a new team in Poland}}
Balsam debuted for the Polish national team in March 2017 in a match against Belarus.{{cite web|url=https://www.przegladsportowy.pl/pilka-reczna/polska-bialorus-2324-w-towarzyskim-meczu-pilkarek-recznych/95dplbs |publisher=przegladsportowy.pl|title= Polki uległy Białorusi. Teraz czas na Ukrainę|access-date=1 March 2022}}
Achievements
- Ekstraklasa:
- Bronze Medalist: 2020
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Sports links}}
{{Poland squad 2021 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{Poland squad 2024 European Women's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Balsam, Magda}}
Category:Polish expatriate handball players in Germany
Category:Polish female handball players