Bence Imre

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Bence Imre
2024-07-19 Handball Men's Germany - Hungary by mroptimax-63.jpg
Imre with Hungary in 2024
Personal information
Born (2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 (age 22)
Budapest, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club THW Kiel
Number 91
Youth career
YearsTeam
2013–2019
 Ferencvárosi TC
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2019–2024
 Ferencvárosi TC
2024–
 THW Kiel
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023–
 Hungary 21 (102)
Medal record
Junior World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Germany/Greece

Bence Imre (born 15 October 2002) is a Hungarian handball player for THW Kiel and the Hungary national handball team.

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Career

Club

Bence has been playing for Ferencvárosi TC since 2013, but of course he was connected to the association even before that through his mother, club legend Beatrix Kökény. In the 2018/19 season, he made his debut in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I at the age of sixteen, and of course, he has been a member of the senior team since then. In the 2022/23 season, he finished fourth in the league with our team, and was also there in the round of 16 of the EHF European League. He scored 19 goals in 16 matches in the EHF European League. He was signed by the German star club THW Kiel in the summer of 2024. [1]

National team

He was 9th with the Hungarian team at the 2021 Youth European Championship. As a member of the junior national team, he participated in the 2022 Junior European Championship where the Hungarian team became the 5th. [2] At the age of 20, on 27 April 2023, he made his debut in the senior national team in Klaipėda in the Lithuania-Hungary men's European qualifying match 31-46 (he scored 9 goals). [3] He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal. [4] He also participated in the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Hungary men's national handball team. (5th place, 6 matches / 20 goals). He also participated in the 2024 Paris Olympics, where the Hungarian team finished 10th (4 matches / 26 goals).

Personal life

His father is Géza Imre, an Olympic silver and bronze medalist fencer. [5] His mother, Beatrix Kökény, is a former Hungarian handball player, European champion and multiple Olympic medalist, and is currently the technical director of Ferencvárosi TC. His sister Szofi Imre also plays handball, she is a goalkeeper. [6]

Honours

National team

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ https://thw-handball.de/weitere/2024/03/thw-kiel-verpflichtet-ungarischen-nationalspieler-bence-imre/
  2. ↑ https://www.utanpotlassport.hu/2022/07/18/kezi-ujra-az-elitben-minden-idok-harmadik-legjobb-szereplesevel-eb-otodik-lett-a-ferfi-u20-as-valogatott
  3. ↑ "Az alaposan megfiatalított válogatott 46 gólt dobott Litvániában -". NSO.hu. 27 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "U21-es férfi kézi-vb: Németország–Magyarország döntő - NSO". NSO.hu. 2 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Géza Imre Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 17 April 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kökény Bea és Imre Géza gyermekei a (kézi)labdát választották". NSO.hu. 10 May 2019.
  7. ↑ https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/2024/12/kezilabda-klujber-katrint-es-imre-bencet-valasztottak-az-ev-legjobb-jatekosanak


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