Andrea Lekić
 Lekić in 2011 | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
6 September 1987 Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm | |||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | |||||||||||
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| Current club | ŽRK Vardar | |||||||||||
| Number | 77 | |||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||
| –2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2011 2011–2013 2013– |
ORK Beograd ŽRK Radnički Belgrade ŽRK Knjaz Miloš RK Krim Ljubljana Győri Audi ETO KC ŽRK Vardar | |||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| Serbia | 93 (464)[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrea Lekić (born 6 September 1987)[2] is a Serbian handballer who plays for ŽRK Vardar and also is a captain of the Serbian national team.
In 2013 Lekić was voted IHF World Player of the Year when she won silver medal at the World Championship with the national team and EHF Champions League with her team Győri Audi ETO KC. She was also one of the candidates for 2011 IHF World Player of the Year award and eventually came fourth by earning 18 per cent of the total votes.[3]
She is the main organizer of the “Andrea Lekic” handball academy for children, which debuted successfully in 2013, and she has serious expansion plans in the future.[4] She graduated at the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management and received the title Bachelor of Economy, and she studies at the Faculty of Sports.
Achievements
Clubs
- Serbian Championship:
- Winner: 2007
- Slovenian Championship:
- Winner: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Slovenian Cup:
- Winner: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Hungarian Championship:
- Winner: 2012, 2013
- Hungarian Cup:
- Winner: 2012, 2013
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2013
- Finalist: 2012
- Semifinalist: 2014, 2015
International
- World Championship:
- Finalist: 2013
Awards and recognition
- MVP of the Women's Regional Handball League: 2009[5]
- All-Star Playmaker of the European Championship: 2012[6]
- IHF World Player of the Year: 2013
- May Award by Serbia Sport Association: 2014
- Team of the Tournament Playmaker of the Bucharest Trophy: 2015
- Best player of Serbia by the Serbian Handball Federation in 2012 and 2013
- Well-established website Balkan-Handball.com, picked her as the best handball player in Serbia six years in a row, from 2008 to 2013 and best handball player in the region of former Yugoslavia (2009, 2010, 2013)
- Handball Fiesta’s MVP (2014)
References
- ↑ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ "Andrea Lekić Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ↑ "Heidi Løke and Mikkel Hansen World Handball Players of the Year 2011". International Handball Federation. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "Handball Academy Andrea Lekic". Lekic Academy. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ↑ "Hypo strengthens with Korean". European Handball Federation. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrea Lekić. |
- Official website
- Official website of Handball Academy Andrea Lekic
- Profile at the Győri Audi ETO KC official website
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Preceded by Alexandra do Nascimento |
IHF World Player of the Year 2013 |
Succeeded by Eduarda Amorim |
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