Tamás Molnár

Tamás Molnár
Personal information
Born	August 2, 1975 (age 43); Szeged, Hungary
Men's water polo
Representing Hungary
Olympic Games
World Championships
FINA World League
FINA World Cup

Tamás Molnár (born August 2, 1975 in Szeged) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics,^[1] 2004 Summer Olympics^[2] and 2008 Olympics.^[3] He was named Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year in 1998, and made his debut for the national team in 1997.

He won the Malta Waterpolo Summer League title with Neptunes Emirates (St. Julians, MALTA) in August 2010-11-12 - 13 - 14. With this he earned a national record of winning 5 leagues in succession for the club previously unachieved by any other team, making him one of the most successful foreign players for the club as well as to play in the country in the sports local history.

Club career

Clubs

Tabán Trafik-Szeged ( ____–1998)
Újpesti TE-Taxi2000 (1998–1999)
Primorje Erste Banka Rijeka (1999–2000)
NIS Naftagas-Bečej (2000–2001)
Domino-Honvéd (2001–2009)
DIAPOLO Szeged (2009–2014) 2x

Molnár has additionally had summer league club stints in Malta with Neptunes (2010-2014), respectively.

Honours

National

Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2000, 2004, 2008
World Championships: Gold medal - 2003; Silver medal - 1998, 2005, 2007
European Championship: Gold medal - 1997, 1999; Silver medal - 2006; Bronze medal - 2001, 2003, 2008
FINA World League: Gold medal - 2003, 2004; Bronze medal - 2002
FINA World Cup: Gold medal - 1999; Silver medal - 2002, 2006; Bronze medal - 1997
Universiade: (Silver medal - 1995)
Junior World Championships: (Gold medal - 1995)
Junior European Championship: (Gold medal - 1992, 1994)

Club

Euroleague Winners (1): (2004 - with Bp. Honvéd)
LEN Cup Winners (1): (1999 - with UTE)
LEN Super Cup Winner (1): (2004 - with Bp. Honvéd)

Hungarian Championship (OB I): 5x (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 - with Bp. Honvéd)
Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (2006 - with Bp. Honvéd; 2011, 2012, 2013 - with Szeged)
Hungarian SuperCup (Szuperkupa): 1x (2005 - with Bp. Honvéd)
Yugoslavian Championship: 1x (2001 - with Bečej)
Yugoslavian Cup: 1x (2001 - with Bečej)
Maltese BOV Summer 1st division (2010 & 2011) and Premier (2012 onward) League: 5X (2010 - 2014 - with Neptunes WPSC)
Maltese BOV Summer 1st division (2010 & 2011) and Premier (2012 onward) League Knock out: 3x (2011, 2012, 2014 - with Neptunes WPSC)
Maltese BOV Summer 1st division (2010 & 2011) and Premier (2012 onward) President's Cup: 3x (2011, 2013, 2014 - with Neptunes WPSC)

Individual

OB I top scorer (Hungarian Championship): 2009–10

Awards

Masterly youth athlete: 1995
Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008
Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 1998
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)
Commander'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 with the Star (2008)^[4]
Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2008)
Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2015)

References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Hungary at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Hungary at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Hungary at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
↑ "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

Hungarian Waterpolo Association

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Hungary at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Hungary at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

[3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Hungary at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

[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.