Balázs Hárai (born 5 April 1987) is a
Hungarian water polo center forward. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a gold medal at the 2013 World Championships.
Honours
National
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Olympic Games
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![Bronze medal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Bronze_medal.svg)
Bronze medal -
2020
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World Championships
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![Gold medal world centered-2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Gold_medal_world_centered-2.svg)
Gold medal -
2013
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![Silver medal world centered-2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Silver_medal_world_centered-2.svg)
Silver medal -
2017
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European Championship:
![Gold medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Gold_medal_europe.svg)
Gold medal - 2020;
![Silver medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Silver_medal_europe.svg)
Silver medal - 2014;
![Bronze medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Bronze_medal_europe.svg)
Bronze medal - 2012, 2016
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FINA World League:
![Silver medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg)
Silver medal - 2013, 2014
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FINA World Cup:
![Silver medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg)
Silver medal - 2014
* Junior World Championships: (gold medal - 2007)
Club
* Hungarian Championship (
OB I): 2x (2005, 2006 - with Bp. Honvéd)
* Hungarian Cup (
Magyar Kupa
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): 4x (2006, 2010 - with Bp. Honvéd; 2008, 2009 - with Eger)
Awards
* Szalay Iván Award (2005)
* Junior Príma Award (2011)
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Silver Cross of the Cross of Merit of Hungary (2012)
* Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2015, 2016
See also
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List of world champions in men's water polo
This is a list of world champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1973.
Abbreviations
History
The 1973 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquati ...
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References
External links
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Hungarian male water polo players
1987 births
Living people
Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
People from Halásztelek
Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary in water polo
Sportspeople from Budapest
21st-century Hungarian people
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