Richárd Mezei

{{short description|Hungarian handball player (born 1970)}}

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Richárd Mezei (born 23 October 1970{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2006-07/player/500458/Richard+Mezei|title=Richárd Mezei Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=14 April 2011}} in Hatvan) is a former Hungarian handball player and the current president of SC Pick Szeged.

He is best known for his spells in KC Veszprém and SC Pick Szeged. The hard-working line player has also been capped over 180 times for the Hungarian national team.

He participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed seventh, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where the team placed fourth.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/richard-mezei-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111236/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/richard-mezei-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Richárd Mezei |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=11 January 2011 }} He was also present on three World Championship (1993, 1997, 1999){{cite web|url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/lexikon/20041228/magyarok_a_ferfi_vilagbajnoksagokon_ermesek/|title=Magyar a férfi világbajnokságokon, érmesek|publisher=Nemzeti Sport Online|accessdate=14 April 2011|language=Hungarian}} and took part on four European Championship (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004).