Orsolya Vérten

{{short description|Hungarian handball player (born 1982)}}

{{Hungarian name|Vérten Orsolya}}

{{use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Orsolya Vérten

| image = Vérten Orsolya.jpg

| caption = Vérten in 2011

| nationality = Hungarian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|7|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary

| height = 1.70 m

| position = Left wing

| years1 = 1999–2002

| clubs1 = Vasas SC

| years2 = 2000–2001

| clubs2 = → Delfin KC (loan)

| years3 = 2002–2012

| clubs3 = Győri ETO KC

| years4 = 2012–2015

| clubs4 = Ferencvárosi TC

| nationalyears1 = 2002–2013

| nationalteam1 = Hungary

| nationalcaps1 = 147

| nationalgoals1 = 418

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Russia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Serbia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2001 Hungary|}}

}}

Orsolya Vérten (born 22 July 1982) is a Hungarian retired handballer who played for the Hungarian national team.{{cite web |url=http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/140/pdf/HUN.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126045620/http://ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/140/pdf/HUN.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 November 2013 |title=XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Hungary|publisher=IHF|access-date=7 December 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/orsolya-verten-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185847/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/orsolya-verten-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Orsolya Vérten Biography and Olympic Results|publisher=Sports-reference.com|access-date=11 February 2011}}

She made her international debut in 2002 and participated in the European Championship in the same year, finishing fifth. She played in another three European Championships (2006, 2008, 2010).

Vérten was also present at three World Championships between 2005 and 2009, achieving the best result on her first one, when Hungary captured the bronze medal.

She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she finished fourth, after losing 20–22 to Russia in the semifinal, and falling short 28–33 to South Korea in the bronze medal match. Vérten was voted into the tournament's All-Star Team in left wing position.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080828051524/http://www.ihf.info/front_content.php?idcat=269&idart=1558 All-star team of the women's olympic tournament established] – International Handball Federation (Retrieved on August 24, 2008)

In that year she also received the Hungarian Handballer of the Year award, given out by the Hungarian Handball Federation.{{cite web|url=http://hawaii2.ithelpportal.com/MKSZ2008/DesktopDefault.aspx?ann_mode=view&annid=1502&menuid=12018&languageid=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713065317/http://hawaii2.ithelpportal.com/MKSZ2008/(S(u3th1czpdgaben45iblx0jia))/DesktopDefault.aspx?ann_mode=view&annid=1502&menuid=12018&languageid=1|url-status=usurped|archive-date=13 July 2011|title=Orsolya Vérten and Tamás Iváncsik are the handball players of the year|date=19 November 2008|publisher=Hungarian Handball Federation|access-date=2009-01-25}} Vérten was awarded the prestigious prize once again in the following year.{{cite news|url=http://handball.hu/magyarorszag/2009/11/24/ismet_verten_az_ev_jatekosa/|title=Ismét Vérten az év játékosa|publisher=Handball.hu|date=24 November 2009|access-date=11 February 2011|language=hu}}