Dalma Iványi

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Dalma Iványi
Tüke Emlékérem-Iványi Dalma (cropped).jpg
Iványi (right) receiving Tüke medal in 2018
Personal information
Born (1976-03-18) March 18, 1976 (age 45)
Békéscsaba, Hungarian People's Republic
NationalityHungarian
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight135 lb (61 kg)
Career information
CollegeFIU (1995–1999)
WNBA draft1999 / Round: 4 / Pick: 37th overall
Selected by the Utah Starzz
Playing career1994–2014
PositionGuard
Number8
Career history
As player:
1994–2011Mizo Pécs 2010
1999–2000Utah Starzz
2003Phoenix Mercury
2004–2006San Antonio Silver Stars
2012Botaşspor
2012–2014PINKK-Pécsi 424
As coach:
2019–2020PINKK-Pécsi 424
2020– [hu]

Dalma Iványi (born March 18, 1976)[a] is a Hungarian basketball player and coach, who played as a guard. She won 10 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A Championships with Mizo Pécs 2010 and PINKK-Pécsi 424. She also played for Utah Starzz, Phoenix Mercury, and San Antonio Silver Stars in the American Women's National Basketball Association. Iványi is the current coach of Hungarian club  [hu].

Personal life[]

Iványi was born on March 18, 1976,[a] in Békéscsaba, Hungarian People's Republic (now Hungary).[1] She started playing basketball at the age of 5 in Mezőberény.[1] Her husband is Bulgarian, and they have two children.[1]

Career[]

Iványi played as a guard.[2] Iványi started out as a youth player at Pécs 2010 (PVSK), the women's basketball team in Pécs, Hungary.[3] She was a captain of the youth team, before being promoted to the senior team in 1994.[3] In the final game of her first season, Iványi scored 22 points, as PVSK won the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A.[3][4] She also played for PINKK-Pécsi 424.[1] During her career, Iványi won 10 Hungarian Championships,[5] including nine with Pécs 2010 between 1994 and 2011.[1]

In the US, Iványi played college basketball for Florida International University (FIU),[2] before graduating from FIU in 1999.[6] She played for four years at FIU, and averaged 14.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 3.6 steals per game.[2] In her sophomore year, Iványi was one of seven non-American players in the FIU team.[7] In the 1997 season, Iványi had the most assists in the league.[6]

Iványi was drafted by the Utah Starzz in the fourth round of the 1999 Women's National Basketball Association draft.[2] Fellow Hungarian Andrea Nagy was also drafted,[2] and Iványi was one of 12 college basketball players selected in the draft.[6] Iványi played in the WNBA between 1999 and 2006.[8] Between 1999 and 2000 she played for the Utah Starzz,[9] and she did not play in the WNBA in the 2001 season, due to her commitments in the Hungarian league.[10] In 2003, she played for Phoenix Mercury, and from 2004 to 2006 she played for San Antonio Silver Stars.[9] Whilst with the Stars, she shared a car with Polish player Agnieszka Bibrzycka.[9]

Iványi played internationally for Hungary over 130 times.[1] She represented them in four EuroBasket Women tournaments, and one FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, winning two EuroBasket bronze medals.[1]

After retiring, Iványi became youth coach of PINKK-Pécsi 424.[1] From 2019 to 2020, she coached the PINKK-Pécsi 424 senior team.[11] In April 2020, she announced a move to  [hu], to start coaching there from July 1, 2020.[11]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Some sources give her birth date as March 13, 1976.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Iványi Dalma ma is mezőberényinek vallja magát". Beol (in Hungarian). August 28, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "EX-FIU STARS IVANYI, NAGY DRAFTED". Sun-Sentinel. May 5, 1999. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Rögtön bajnok lett a PVSK csapatában Iványi Dalma". Bama.hu (in Hungarian). April 16, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "Negyedszázada született meg a pécsi Rátgéber-korszak első aranya". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "Iványi Dalma lesz a győri kosarasok edzője". Blikk (in Hungarian). April 29, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "New Starzz". The Salt Lake Tribune. May 5, 1999. p. 29. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "Foreign Power". Sun-Sentinel. November 21, 1996. p. 55. Retrieved January 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Grasso, John (November 2010). Historical Dictionary of Basketball. Scarecrow Press. p. 167.
  9. ^ a b c "Egész más ott ez a játék". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). April 7, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  10. ^ "Transactions". The New York Times. May 3, 2001. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Elhagyja a PVSK-t Iványi Dalma". Bama.hu (in Hungarian). April 29, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.

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