Péter Biros

Péter Biros
Péter Biros
	Biros in 2007
Personal information
Born	5 April 1976; Miskolc, Hungary[1]
Nickname	Fácán
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Position	Driver
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	Eger women's (head coach)
Youth career
	Miskolci VSC
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1995	Miskolci VSC
1995–1997	ÚVMK Eger
1997–1999	UTE-Taxi 2000
1999–2000	Primorje Rijeka
2000–2001	NIS Naftagas-Bečej
2001–2007	Domino-BHSE
2007–2016	ZF-Eger
2013	→ San Giljan (Summer League)
2014–2015	→ Neptunes (Summer League)
National team
Years	Team
1997–2012	Hungary
Teams coached
2016–	ZF-Eger women's
Men's water polo
Representing Hungary
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championship
FINA World League
FINA World Cup

Péter Biros (born 5 April 1976 in Miskolc) is a Hungarian water polo player,[2] who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics,[3] 2004 Summer Olympics[4] and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo.[5] He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]

He is nicknamed Fácán, meaning 'pheasant', and made his debut for the national side in 1997, during an international tournament in Seville, Spain. He's 1.94m tall and weighs 94 kg.

After the 2008 Olympics final, Biros revealed that he performed the entire tournament with a cyst by his heart, something that was unknown to the entire team and coaches alike. He insisted that he played with the consent of his doctors, and received a Fair Play award afterwards for it.[7][8] He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Hungary at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, becoming the 18th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[9]

Honours

National

Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2000, 2004, 2008
World Championships: Gold medal - 2003; Silver medal - 2005, 2007
European Championship: Gold medal - 1999; Silver medal - 2006; Bronze medal - 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012
FINA World League: Gold medal - 2003, 2004; Silver medal - 2005, 2007; Bronze medal - 2002
FINA World Cup: Gold medal - 1999; Silver medal - 2006, 2006

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): 8x (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 - with Bp. Honvéd; 2011, 2013, 2014 - with Eger)
Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (2006 - with Bp. Honvéd; 2007, 2008, 2015 - with Eger)
Hungarian SuperCup (Szuperkupa): 1x (2005 - with Bp. Honvéd)
Yugoslavian Championship: 1x (2001 - with Bečej)
Yugoslavian Cup: 1x (2001 - with Bečej)

Individual

OB I top scorer (Hungarian Championship): 2001–02
Prva HVL top scorer (Croatia Championship): 1999–2000

Awards

Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008
Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011
Honorary Citizen of Eger (2008)
Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2008)
Best European player of year (LEN): 2008
Best Water Polo Player of the Year (Swimming World): 2009
UNESCO Fair Play Award (2009)
Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2015)

Orders

References

Péter Biros. sports-reference.com
"Péter Biros". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
"Hungary Water Polo at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
"Hungary Water Polo at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
"Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-04-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Kozmann és Biros fair play-díjat kapott (Kozmann and Biros received Fair Play award)" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
"Prize-winners". International Fair Play Committee. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
Hungary. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
"Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

Awards
Preceded by Tamás Kásás	Most Valuable Player of Water Polo European Championship 2008	Succeeded by Vanja Udovičić
Olympic Games
Preceded by Zoltán Kammerer	Flagbearer for Hungary London 2012	Succeeded by Áron Szilágyi

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[sr-1] Péter Biros. sports-reference.com

[2] "Péter Biros". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

[3] "Hungary Water Polo at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

[4] "Hungary Water Polo at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

[Athlete_Medal_Leaders_SR-5] "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-04-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] "Kozmann és Biros fair play-díjat kapott (Kozmann and Biros received Fair Play award)" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

[8] "Prize-winners". International Fair Play Committee. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

[9] Hungary. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

[10] "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.