Krisztina Pigniczki

The native form of this personal name is Pigniczki Krisztina. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Krisztina Pigniczki
Pigniczki in 2014
Personal information
Full name Krisztina Pigniczki
Born (1975-09-18) 18 September 1975 (age 49)
Makó, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Middle Back
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–1993
 Szegedi ESK
1993–2001
 Győri ETO KC
2001–2008
 Dunaújváros
2008–2011
 Issy-Paris Hand
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2008
 Hungary 157 (232)
Teams managed
2021–
 Hungary (assistant coach)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2003 Croatia
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2000 Romania
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Netherlands
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Hungary
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 22 July 2018

Krisztina Pigniczki (born 18 September 1975)[1] is a Hungarian former handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,[2] and a silver medal at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia. She became European champion in 2000 with the Hungarian national team, and received a bronze medal in 1998 and in 2004.

  1. ^ "Krisztina Pigniczki Biography and Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 13, 2008)