Márton Szivós (born 19 August 1981) is a Hungarian water polo player. He is part of the national team since 2003 and competed at the

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. He is a son of István Szívós, Jr. and a grandson of István Szívós, both of whom won Olympic gold medals in water polo. Szivós served in Hungarian Army. In 2012 he received a Silver Cross of the

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. In April 2014 he suffered chest pains during a local match. He was taken to a hospital, where he was diagnosed as having suffered a

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and underwent surgery.Márton Szívós
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Honours

National

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Gold medal -

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Silver medal - 2005, 2007 * European Championship: Silver medal europe

Silver medal - 2006, 2014; Bronze medal europe

Bronze medal - 2012 * FINA World League: Gold medal blank

Gold medal - 2004; Silver medal blank

Silver medal - 2005, 2013, 2014 * FINA World Cup: Silver medal blank

Silver medal - 2006 *

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: (Gold medal - 2003) * Junior World Championships: (Bronze medal - 2001) * Youth European Championship: (Gold medal - 1997; Bronze medal - 1999)

Club

Bp. Honvéd (Domino-BHSE) * Hungarian Championship (5x): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05 *

LEN Euroleague The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of nam ...

(1x): 2003–04 *

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 ...

(1x): 2004 Pro Recco * Scudetto

Italian Championship (1x): 2005–06 * Coccarda Coppa Italia

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(1x): 2005–06 * LEN Euroleague ''runners-up'': 2005–06 Bp. Honvéd (Domino-Honvéd, Grupama Honvéd) *

Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

(2x): 2006, 2010 Szeged (A-HÍD Szeged, Diapolo Szeged) * Hungarian Cup (2x):

Eger (ZF-Eger) * Hungarian Cup (1x): 2015

Awards

* LEN Champions League Final Four MVP: 2005–06 with Pro Recco * Faragó-díj (2000) * Golden Waterpolo wandering Award (2009) * National Defence awards (2012) ;Orders * HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Silver BAR

HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Silver BAR

Silver Cross of the Cross of Merit of Hungary (2012)

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