IHF World Player of the Year
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Men
| Year | Winner | Country |
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| 1988 | Veselin Vujović Veselin Vujovic Veselin Vujović is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. During his career he played for RK Metaloplastika Šabac, Barcelona and Granollers... |
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| 1989 | Kang Jae-Won Kang Jae-Won Kang Jae-Won is a former Korean handball player, and current coach for the South Korea national women's handball team. He was voted World Player of the Year 1989 by the International Handball Federation.... |
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| 1990 | Magnus Wislander Magnus Wislander Hans Einar Magnus Wislander is a Swedish handball player, who has been voted Handball Player of the Century. Since his debut in the national team in he has played over 380 games and scored over 1,000 goals... |
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| 1991 | No vote | |
| 1992 | No vote | |
| 1993 | No vote | |
| 1994 | Talant Dujshebaev Talant Dujshebaev Talant Mushanbetovich Duyshebaev is a Kyrgyzstani-born Spanish former handball player and current coach for BM Ciudad Real. His most usual demarcation as a player was center backcourt.... |
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| 1995 | Jackson Richardson Jackson Richardson Jackson Richardson is a retired French handball player. As the captain of the French handball team, he was the flag carrier during the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Athens on August 13, 2004.... |
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| 1996 | Talant Dujshebaev Talant Dujshebaev Talant Mushanbetovich Duyshebaev is a Kyrgyzstani-born Spanish former handball player and current coach for BM Ciudad Real. His most usual demarcation as a player was center backcourt.... |
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| 1997 | Stéphane Stoecklin Stéphane Stoecklin Stéphane Stoecklin is a French handball player and World champion. He received bronze medals with the French national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona... |
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| 1998 | Daniel Stephan Daniel Stephan Daniel Stephan is a German handball player.Born in Rheinhausen, he was a member of the German national handball team from 1995, winning the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship. He retired in 2005, after an injury series not wanting to end, which had let him never take part at a World Men's... |
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| 1999 | Rafael Guijosa Rafael Guijosa Rafael Guijosa Castillo is a former Spanish handball player, and current club manager for BM Alcobendas. When playing for the Spanish national team, he won bronze medals both in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Guijosa was voted World Player of the Year... |
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| 2000 | Dragan Škrbić Dragan Škrbic Dragan Škrbić |Kula]], Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian handball player. He received bronze medals at the 1999 World Championships with the National team of Yugoslavia, and again at the 2001 World Championships.... |
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| 2001 | Yoon Kyung-Shin Yoon Kyung-shin Yoon Kyung-Shin is a Korean handball player. He was voted World Player of the Year 2001 by the International Handball Federation.-Career:... |
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| 2002 | Bertrand Gille | |
| 2003 | Ivano Balić | |
| 2004 | Henning Fritz Henning Fritz Henning Fritz was born on September 21, 1974 in Magdeburg, Germany. He is a German Handball goalkeeper. He is also the first goalkeeper to be named World Player of the Year, in 2004.... |
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| 2005 | Árpád Sterbik | |
| 2006 | Ivano Balić | |
| 2007 | Nikola Karabatić Nikola Karabatic Nikola Karabatić ) is a French team handball player, born to a Croatian father and Serbian mother.He was part of the French national handball team that won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship. He was top scorer at the championship together with Ivano Balić and Lars... |
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| 2008 | Thierry Omeyer | |
| 2009 | Sławomir Szmal | |
| 2010 | Filip Jícha Filip Jícha Filip Jícha is a Czech team handball player, playing for the German club THW Kiel and for the Czech national team.-References:... |
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Women
| Year | Winner | Country |
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| 1988 | Svetlana Kitić | |
| 1989 | Kim Hyun-Mee Kim Hyun-Mee Kim Hyun-Mee is a South Korean team handball player. She won Olympic gold medal with the South Korean team in 1988, and was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1989 by the International Handball Federation.-References:... |
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| 1990 | Jasna Kolar-Merdan Jasna Kolar-Merdan Jasna Kolar-Merdan is a former Yugoslav/Austrian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.... |
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| 1991 | No vote | |
| 1992 | No vote | |
| 1993 | No vote | |
| 1994 | Mia Hermansson Mia Hermansson-Högdahl Mia Hermansson-Högdahl is a Swedish team handball player. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1994 by the International Handball Federation.... |
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| 1995 | Erzsébet Kocsis Erzsébet Kocsis Erzsébet Kocsis is a Hungarian former handball player and the current technical director of Dunaújvárosi NKKSE. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1995 by the International Handball Federation.... |
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| 1996 | Lim O-Kyeong Lim O-Kyeong Lim O-Kyeong is a female South Korean handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.... |
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| 1997 | Anja Andersen Anja Andersen Anja Andersen is a former female handball player and currently coach.-Career:Anja Andersen is known for both her skills as an offensive player, her strong temper and courage to make dramatic scenes and daring tricks during a match. She was an important part of the renaissance in Danish handball... |
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| 1998 | Trine Haltvik Trine Haltvik Trine Haltvik is a Norwegian handball coach and former player. Currently she is coach for the Norwegian girls under-17 team.... |
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| 1999 | Ausra Fridrikas Ausra Fridrikas Ausra Fridrikas is an Austrian handball player and World champion from 1990. She first played for Soviet Union, later for Lithuania and finally for Austria. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1999 by the International Handball Federation... |
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| 2000 | Bojana Radulovics Bojana Radulovics Bojana Radulović is a retired Hungarian handball player who currently leads the handball academy of Dunaújvárosi NKKSE.... |
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| 2001 | Cecilie Leganger Cecilie Leganger Cecilie Leganger is a Norwegian team handball goalkeeper, World champion, Olympic medalist, European champion, winner of Champions League, and World Player of the year 2001.-International championships:... |
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| 2002 | Zhai Chao Zhai Chao Zhai Chao is a female Chinese handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as in the 1999 and 2001 World championships. She was voted IHF World Player of the Year 2002.-Career:... |
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| 2003 | Bojana Radulovics Bojana Radulovics Bojana Radulović is a retired Hungarian handball player who currently leads the handball academy of Dunaújvárosi NKKSE.... |
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| 2004 | Anita Kulcsár Anita Kulcsár Anita Kulcsár was a Hungarian handball player. She had been a member of Hungary women's national handball team since 1996... |
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| 2005 | Anita Görbicz | |
| 2006 | Nadine Krause Nadine Krause Nadine Krause is a German handballer who plays for TSV Bayer Leverkusen as a left back. She made her debut on the German A-Team in 1999, at the age of 17... |
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| 2007 | Gro Hammerseng Gro Hammerseng Gro Hammerseng is a Norwegian handballer playing for the Norwegian national team and Norwegian club Larvik HK. She has been the captain of the national team for several years, and in 2007 she was voted female World Handball Player of the Year.- Club career :Hammerseng started her handball career... |
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| 2008 | Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth | |
| 2009 | Allison Pineau Allison Pineau Allison Pineau is a French handball player. She plays for the club Metz HB and for the French national team.She participated at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, winning a silver medal with the French team, and selected into the all-star team of the tournament, as... |
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| 2010 | Cristina Neagu Cristina Neagu Cristina Neagu is a Romanian handballer playing for CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea and the Romanian national team.- Team results:Club* Champions League: Runner-up in 2009/10 National team... |
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