Ádám Steinmetz (born 11 August 1980 in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

) is a Hungarian

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player, Olympic champion, and politician, who played for Hungarian Championship outfit Vasas SC. He has a brother,

Barnabás Steinmetz Barnabás Steinmetz (born 6 October 1975 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed ''Barney'' and ''Sema'', and made his debut for the n ...

, who is also a water polo player and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Between 2018 and 2022, he was a member of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

, in the parliamentary group of Jobbik.

Honours

National

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

Gold medal -

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* World Championships: Silver medal world centered-2

Silver medal - 2005 * European Championship: Silver medal europe

Silver medal - 2006; Bronze medal europe

Bronze medal - 2003, 2012 * Universiade: (Gold medal -

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; Bronze medal - 1999, 2001) * Junior World Championships: (Silver medal - 1997) * Junior European Championship: (Silver medal - 1996) * Youth European Championship: (Silver medal - 1995)

Club

* Euroleague Winners (1): (2009 - with Primorac Kotor) * Cup Winners' Cup Winners (2): (1998 - with FTC; 2002 - with Vasas) *

LEN Super Cup The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. From 1976 to 2002, the LEN Super Cup was contested betwe ...

Winner (1): (2009 - with Primorac Kotor) * Hungarian Championship ( OB I): 4x (2000 - with FTC; 2007, 2008, 2012 - with Vasas) * Hungarian Cup ( Magyar Kupa): 5x (1996 - with FTC; 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 - with Vasas) * Montenegrin Cup (Kup Crne Gore): 1x (2010 - with Primorac Kotor)

Awards

* Masterly youth athlete: 1997, 1998 * Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2004 * Perpetual Champion of Vasas SC (2005) * Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012) ;Orders * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004)

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