Tamás Varga (water polo)

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Tamás Varga
Personal information
Born (1975-07-14) 14 July 1975 (age 48)
Szolnok, Hungary[1]
Nickname Csuvi
Nationality Hungarian
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Position Guard
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Hungary U14 (head coach)
Hungary women's U18 (head coach)
Youth career
 Szolnok
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–1994
 Elektrosoft-Szolnok
1994–1996
 Vasas-Plaket
1996–
 Catania
 Basel
2000–2004
 Vasas-Plaket-Euroleasing
2004–2005
 Festival Nervi
2005–2006
 UTE-VB Leasing
2006–2007
 Chiavari
2007
 → Sliema (Summer League)
2007–2009
 Szeged Beton
2009–2010
 Cattaro Maximus
2010
 → Sirens (Summer League)
2010–2011
 FTC-Fisher Klíma
2011–2015
 Debrecen
National team
Years Team
  Hungary
Teams coached
2013–2017
 Debrecen
2018–
 Hungary U14
2019–
 Hungary women's U18
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Barcelona Team competition
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1995 Vienna Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Budapest Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Málaga Team competition

Tamás Varga (born 14 July 1975, in Szolnok) is a Hungarian water polo player. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics,[2] and was also a member of the squad that finished 5th at the 2012 London Olympics.[3]

Honours

National

Club

  • LEN Cup Winners (2): (2009 - with Szeged; 2010 - with Akademija Cattaro)
  • Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 3x (1996 (1), 2001, 2002 - with Vasas)

Awards

  • Masterly youth athlete: 1994, 1995
  • Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2003, 2004, 2008
  • Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
Orders
  • Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
    (2004)
  • Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2008)[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tamás Varga. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tamás Varga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  3. ^ "Tamás Varga". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02.
  4. ^ "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

External links

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