Tamás Molnár
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,[2] 2004 Summer Olympics[3] and 2008 Olympics.[4] He is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo.[5] He was named Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year in 1998, and made his debut for the national team in 1997.
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| Born |
2 August 1975 Szeged, Hungary[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Papesz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Szeged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–1998 | Tabán Trafik-Szeged | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | UTE-Taxi 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Jug Dubrovnik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | NIS Naftagas-Bečej | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2009 | Domino-Honvéd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2014 | Diapolo Szeged | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2014 | → Neptunes (Summer League) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1995–2008 |
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Medal record
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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.
Honours
National
- Olympic Games:
- World Championships:
- European Championship:
- FINA World League:
- FINA World Cup:
- Universiade: (Silver medal - 1995)
- Junior World Championships: (Gold medal - 1995)
- Junior European Championship: (Gold medal - 1992, 1994)
Club
Újpest (UTE-Taxi 2000)
- LEN Cup (1x): 1998–99
Jug Dubrovnik
- LEN Cup (1x): 1999–2000
Bečej
- FR Yugoslav Cup (1x): 2000–01
Bp. Honvéd (Domino-BHSE)
- Hungarian Championship (5x): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
- Hungarian Cup (1x): 2006
- Hungarian Super Cup (1x): 2005
- LEN Euroleague (1x): 2003–04
- LEN Super Cup (1x): 2004
Szeged (A-HÍD Szeged, Diapolo Szeged)
Neptunes - only in Summer League
- Maltese Summer League (5x): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Maltese Knockout title (3x): 2011, 2012, 2014
- Maltese President's Cup (3x): 2011, 2013, 2014
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
- Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2008)
- Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2015)
- Orders
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See also
References
- Tamás Molnár. sports-reference.com
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- "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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