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{{short description|Hungarian handball player (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{eastern name order|Farkas Andrea}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| 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]]
| death_date          = 
| height              = 1.78 m
| weight              = 
| position            = [[Handball goalkeeper|Goalkeeper]]
| nickname            =
| currentclub         = [[Dunaújvárosi NKS]]<br />(goalkeeping coach)
| clubnumber          = 
| years1              = {{0|0000}}–1989
| clubs1              = [[Lőrinci Fonó (women's handball)|Lőrinci Fonó]]
| years2              = 1989–1993
| clubs2              = [[Budapesti Spartacus SC (Women's handball)|Budapesti Spartacus SC]]
| years3              = 1993–1997
| clubs3              = [[Ferencvárosi TC (Women's handball)|Ferencvárosi TC]]
| years4              = 1997–2000
| clubs4              = [[Dunaferr SE (Women's handball)|Dunaferr SE]]
| years5              = 2000–2002
| clubs5              = [[Metz Handball]]
| years6              = 2002–2003
| clubs6              = [[Alcoa FKC]]
| years7              = 2003–2004
| clubs7              = [[Vasas SC (Women's handball)|Vasas SC]]
| years8              = 2004–2005
| clubs8              = [[RK Krim|RK Krim Ljubljana]]
| years9              = 2006
| clubs9              = [[Győri ETO KC]]
| years10             = 2010
| clubs10             = [[Roude Léiw Bascharage]]
| nationalyears1      = 1993–2001
| nationalteam1       = [[Hungary women's national handball team|Hungary]]
| nationalcaps1       = 131
| nationalgoals1      = 
| title               =
| titleyears          =
| titleplace          =
| ntupdate            = 
| module              = {{Infobox football biography | embed = yes | header-color = #B0C4DE
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| years1   = 2012
| clubs1   = [[Astra Hungary FC|Astra Hungary]]
| caps1    = 3
| goals1   = 0
}}
| medaltemplates          = 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Women's Handball Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1995  World Women's Handball Championship|1995 Austria / Hungary]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Women's Handball Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998 Netherlands]] | Team }}
}}

'''Andrea Farkas''' (born 1 September 1969)<ref name=sref>{{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}}</ref> is a former [[Hungary|Hungarian]] international [[team handball]] goalkeeper who currently works as goalkeeping coach for [[Dunaújvárosi NKS]]. Among her achievements with the [[Hungary women's national handball team|national team]] is an Olympic bronze medal from 1996 and an Olympic silver medal from 2000.<ref name=sref/> As a club player her career includes victory in the [[EHF Women's Champions League|EHF Champions League]], as well as several national championships.

==Career==

Farkas debuted in the [[Hungary women's national handball team|Hungarian national team]] in 1993<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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]]<ref name=db-ol1992-handball>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=HAN "1996 Summer Olympics &ndash; Atlanta, United States &ndash; 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)</ref> and the 1998 European Championship in the Netherlands. She crowned her international career with a silver medal at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]].<ref name=db-ol2000-handball>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=HAN "2000 Summer Olympics &ndash; Sydney, Australia &ndash; 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)</ref>

At club level, Farkas achieved her best results with [[Ferencvárosi TC (Women's handball)|Ferencvárosi TC]] and [[Dunaferr SE (Women's handball)|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|RK Krim Ljubljana]] (2004–2005). Following her spell at Krim, Farkas gave up professional handball and joined [[Vasas SC (Women's handball)|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Since 2011 she serves as the goalkeeping coach of [[Dunaújvárosi NKS]] and also works with youngsters on the club's newly founded handball academy.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Achievements==
*'''[[Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Women's handball)|Nemzeti Bajnokság I]]''':
**''Winner'': 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
*'''[[Magyar Kupa (Women's handball)|Magyar Kupa]]''':
**''Winner'': 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
*'''French Championship''':
**''Winner'': 2002
*'''Slovenian Championship''':
**''Winner'': 2005
*'''Slovenian Cup''':
**''Winner'': 2005
*'''[[EHF Women's Champions League|EHF Champions League]]''':
**''Winner'': 1999
*'''[[Women's EHF Cup|EHF Cup]]''':
**''Winner'': 1998
*'''[[EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup|EHF Cup Winners' Cup]]''':
**''Finalist'': 1994, 2006
*'''[[EHF Women's Champions Trophy|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 <ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20110114214111/http://www.farkasandrea.hu:80/}}

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