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Ágnes Győri (born 6 January 1983 in Soltvadkert) is a former Hungarian handball and beach handball goalkeeper and now handball coach. She stood on the pitch at ten international beach handball championships for Hungary between 2009 and 2019 and is considered one of the outstanding beach handball goalkeepers of her generation.

Indoor handball

Ágnes Győri belonged in the 2003/04 season to the squad of Dunaferr SE, who had reached the semi-finals of the EHF Champions League of women this year, Győri remained in the competition, however, without stakes. In 2003/04 she won the Hungarian title with the club. With Kiskunhalas NKSE she now reached the final of the EHF Cup of the women 2006/07 as an active player. In 2011 she moved from Dunaferr SE, now renamed in Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA, to Marcal VSZSE, most recently she played at Kispest NKK. After her active career, she became a goalkeeper coach with Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA.

Beachhandball

International

First phase
Győri helped shape Hungarian beach handball for more than ten years, in which the national team is among the world leaders. The first international championships she participated in were the 2009 European Championships in Larvik, Norway. Hungary could start with victories over Spain and Italy in the tournament, but then lost Norway and Denmark. At the conclusion of the preliminary round, Poland was defeated and Hungary reached the preliminary round only the hope round. In order to move into the quarterfinals, Hungary had to reach the first place in the table here, which also succeeded after victories against Turkey and in the shootout against Sweden. In the quarterfinals, Hungary lost to Ukraine. After a win against Switzerland and a defeat against Spain, Hungary finished sixth.

A year later at the 2010 World Championships in Antalya, Turkey, she finished seventh with Hungary. Hungary started well in the tournament and beat Spain, then Brazil, in the shootout. But then there were defeats against Turkey, China and Norway. As fourth in the preliminary round, Hungary came only into the consolation round, in which New Zealand and Japan were beaten, but finally lost to Italy in the shootout. Against Italy was played in the placement matches for seventh place and this time won in the shoutout.

The 2011 European Championships in Umag, Croatia brought a similar performance as in the tournaments of the two previous years. After a defeat at the opening round against Norway, Hungary was able to win all five games of the preliminary round against Denmark, Ukraine, Turkey, Cyprus and Greece, with the defeat and the first two wins each up to the shootout. Hungary moved into the main round as first in the standings, where Poland and Spain were beaten. In the quarterfinals, however, Italy lost in the shootout. After renewed wins against Poland and Spain in the placement matches