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Tamás Varga (water polo)

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Tamás Varga
Personal information
Born (1975-07-14) 14 July 1975 (age 49)
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

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National

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Club

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

Awards

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  • Masterly youth athlete: 1994, 1995
  • Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2003, 2004, 2008
  • Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
Orders

See also

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References

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  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.
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