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Dalma Iványi
Iványi (right) receiving Tüke medal in 2018
Personal information
Born (1976-03-18) March 18, 1976 (age 48)
Békéscsaba, Hungarian People's Republic
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight135 lb (61 kg)
Career information
CollegeFIU (1995–1999)
WNBA draft1999: 4th round, 37th overall pick
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–UNI Győr [hu]
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× NCAA season assists leader (1998, 1999)
  • Third-team All-American – AP (1999)
  • Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year (1999)
  • A-Sun Player of the Year (1998)
  • All-Sun Belt (1999)
  • First-team All-A-Sun (1998)
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

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 UNI Győr [hu].

Personal life

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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]

Club career

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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]

International career

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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]

Coaching career

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After retiring, Iványi became youth coach of PINKK-Pécsi 424.[1] In April 2020, she announced a move to UNI Győr [hu], to start coaching there from July 1, 2020.[11] From 2022 she is the assistant coach for NKA Universitas Pécs.

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage
 FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high Data not available  *  Led Division I

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1995–96 FIU 28 - - 41.2 26.9 75.7 5.6 6.6 4.1 0.1 - 14.2
1996–97 FIU 17 - - 40.0 37.0 78.7 4.5 8.9 3.1 0.1 - 11.6
1997–98 FIU 31 - - 47.2 32.1 78.9 5.1 *9.5 3.4 0.0 - 14.6
1998–99 FIU 30 - - 43.1 40.6 86.6 3.8 *8.8 3.4 0.1 - 15.0
Career 106 - - 43.3 34.6 80.3 4.8 8.5 3.5 0.1 - 14.1
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[12]

Notes

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

References

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  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. ^ "Elhagyja a PVSK-t Iványi Dalma". Bama.hu (in Hungarian). April 29, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  12. ^ "Dalma Iványi College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
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