Tibor Máté
Encyclopedia
Tibor Máté was a Hungarian
field handball
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
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He was part of the Hungarian field handball
team, which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament
. He played two matches as goalkeeper
.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
field handball
Field handball
Field handball was the original form of what is now team handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin....
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
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He was part of the Hungarian field handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
team, which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament
Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Field handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport at the Olympics. It was contested by six teams.The six teams were split into two groups of three. Each team played the other two teams in its group once...
. He played two matches as goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...
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