Martin Lipták

Martin Lipták
Personal information
Born	(1964-03-23) 23 March 1964 (age 60) Košice, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Slovak
Teams managed
Years	Team
2008–2012	Bregenz Handball
2008–2012	Czech Republic
2012–2018	Hlohovec
2015–2017	Slovakia

Martin Lipták (born March 23, 1964) is a Slovak handball coach. He worked as head coach for the national handball teams of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as coaching clubs in Austria and Slovakia.

Club coaching

Lipták became head coach of Austrian handball club Bregenz Handball of the Handball Liga Austria at the start of the 2008–09 season. During his time with the club, he led them to national titles in 2009 and 2010. He left his position in February 2012.[1] From March 2012, Lipták coached Slovak side HC Sporta Hlohovec until May 2018.[2]

National team coaching

Lipták became the coach of the Czech Republic men's national handball team in 2008,[3] and signed a two-year contract extension in June 2010.[4] He participated at the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship held in Serbia.[5] After the Czech Republic lost to Russia in the June 2012 play-off match for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification his contract was not renewed, and he was replaced by Vladimír Haber in September 2012.[6] Lipták was appointed as the head coach of the Slovakia men's national handball team in 2015, a position he held until 2017.[7]

References

1. "Lipták predčasne končí ako tréner rakúskeho A1 Bregenz" (in Slovak). sportky.sk. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
2. "Martin Lipták končí v Hlohovci ako tréner" (in Slovak). sport.sk. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
3. "Hráči si musí zvyknout na přísnost, říká trenér házenkářů Lipták". denik.cz (in Czech). 1 November 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
4. "Kouč Lipták prodloužil smlouvu u házenkářské reprezentace". Czech Television (in Czech). 18 June 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
5. "Official squad/Delegation list" (PDF). eurohandball.com. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012.
6. "Házenkáře nebude trénovat Lipták, vystřídá jej Haber s Hudečkem". Czech Television (in Czech). 26 September 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
7. "Tréner Sporty Hlohovec Martin Lipták končí pri reprezentácii: Aký je dôvod?". TASR (in Slovak). dnes24.sk. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2024.