Petra Vámos
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| Petra Vámos | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
14 September 2000 Ózd, Hungary | ||
| Nationality | Hungarian | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Metz Handball | ||
| Number | 38 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2019 | NEKA | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2019–2024 | Debreceni VSC | ||
2024– | Metz Handball | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Hungary | 96 | (260) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 16 December 2024 | |||
Petra Vámos (born 14 September 2000) is a Hungarian handballer for French topclub Metz Handball and the Hungarian national team.[1][2]
She made her international debut on 22 November 2019 against Russia. Since then she represented Hungary at two European Championship (2022, 2024), and three World Championship (2019, 2021, 2023) tournaments. She also participated in the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2020 and the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024, where the team finished 7th and 6th respectively. At the 2024 European Championship she was part of the Hungarian team that won bronze medals, losing to Norway in semifinal and beating France in the third place play-off. This was the first Hungarian medals since 2012.[3]
- National team
- European Handball Championship:
Bronze: 2024
- Junior European Championship:
Gold: 2019
- European Youth Olympic Festival:
- Gold: 2017
- IHF Youth World Championship:
Silver: 2018
- Youth European Championship:
- Bronze: 2017
Individual awards
- Hungarian Junior Handballer of the Year: 2019
- Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 2025[4]
