Tamás_Molnár

Tamás Molnár

Tamás Molnár

Hungarian water polo player

The native form of this personal name is Molnár Tamás. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
For other people with the same name, see Tamás Molnár (disambiguation).

Tamás Molnár (born 2 August 1975) is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics,[2] 2004 Summer Olympics[3] and 2008 Summer Olympics.[4] He is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo.[5] He made his debut for the national team in 1997, and was named Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year in 1998.

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He won the Malta Waterpolo Summer League title with Neptunes Emirates (St. Julians, MALTA) in 2010-14. 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

Club

Újpest (UTE-Taxi 2000)

Jug Dubrovnik

Bečej

  • FR Yugoslav Championship (1x): 2000–01
  • FR Yugoslav Cup (1x): 2000–01

Bp. Honvéd (Domino-BHSE)

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

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

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Tamás Molnár. sports-reference.com
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    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.
  5. [5]
    "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020.
  6. [6]
    "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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