Career
As a club player her career includes victory in the EHF Champions League, as well as several national championships. Farkas debuted in the Hungarian national team in 1993 and played on her first major tournament two years later, winning the silver medal on the World Championship. This was followed by two bronze medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 1998 European Championship in the Netherlands.
She crowned her international career with a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Later she moved abroad to play for French side Metz Handball (2000–2002) and Slovenian top club RK Krim Ljubljana (2004–2005). Following her spell at Krim, Farkas gave up professional handball and joined Vasas South Carolina as goalkeeping coach.
However, after a serious knee ligament injury of Győri European Theatre of Operations KC"s first choice goalkeeper Orsolya Herr just before the 2006 EHF Cup Winners" Cup finals, she was reactivated and signed by the Western Hungarian team for the decisive two matches. Győr eventually lost the duel with an aggregate score of 51–48 and Farkas resumed to her coaching duties.
Farkas later had spells at Százhalombattai King Edward and Horticulture Southeast, and also worked for the Hungarian national team in younger age categories.
Somewhat of a surprise, in January 2010, the then-40-year-old goalkeeper have decided to return to the field and signed a short-term deal with Luxembourgian club Roude Léiw Bascharage until the end of the season. Since 2011 she serves as the goalkeeping coach of Dunaújvárosi NKS and also works with youngsters on the club"s newly founded handball academy. Nemzeti Bajnokság I:.