Tibor Benedek

Tibor Benedek
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Team
2004 Athens Team
2008 Beijing Team
World Championships
2003 Barcelona Team
1998 Perth Team
2007 Melbourne Team
1991 Perth Team
European Championship
1997 Sevilla Team
1993 Sheffield Team
1995 Vienna Team
2006 Belgrade Team
2001 Budapest Team
2003 Kranj Team
2008 Málaga Team
FINA World Cup
1995 Atlanta Team
1993 Athens Team
2002 Belgrade Team
1997 Athens Team

Tibor Benedek (born 12 July 1972 in Budapest) is a retired Hungarian water polo player, who played in the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. Benedek also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team was placed 4th. He was a member of team Domino-Honvéd.

Benedek was the head coach of Hungary men's national water polo team since between 2013 and 2016.[1]

Benedek was named Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year in 1992, 1993 and 1994. He made his debut for the national side in 1990. His father, Miklós Benedek, is a famous actor.

Club career

Clubs

Benedek has additionally had summer league club stints in Malta with Sliema (2006), respectively.

Honours

As player

National

384 present in the national team of Hungary

  • Junior World Championships: (Bronze medal - 1991)
  • Junior European Championship: (Bronze medal - 1990)
  • Youth European Championship: (Gold medal - 1989)

Club

  • Euroleague Winners (5): (1994 - with UTE; 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 - with Pro Recco)
  • LEN Cup Winners (1): (1993 - with UTE)
  • LEN Super Cup Winner (5): (1994 - with UTE; 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 - with Pro Recco)
  • Adriatic League: 1x (2012 - with Pro Recco)
  • Hungarian Championship (OB I): 6x (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 - with UTE; 2005, 2006 - with Bp. Honvéd)
  • Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 3x (1991, 1993 - with UTE; 2006 - with Bp. Honvéd)
  • Hungarian SuperCup (Szuperkupa): 1x (2005 - with Bp. Honvéd)
  • Italian Championship (Serie A1): 7x (1999 - with AS Roma; 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 - with Pro Recco)
  • Italian Cup: 5x (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 - with Pro Recco)

As head coach

 Hungary (from 2 November 2012– )

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Vízilabda: kiválasztották az új kapitányt, itt a Benedek-utód!". nemzetisport.hu. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  • (in Hungarian) Profile
  • (in English) Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Tibor Benedek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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