Tamás Molnár (born August 2, 1975) is a Hungarian former

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, 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 water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player, who played on the gold medal squads at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo. He made his debut for the national team in 1997, and was named ''Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year'' in 1998. 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

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 vari ...

Gold medal -

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Gold medal - 2003; Silver medal world centered-2

Silver medal - 1998, 2005, 2007 * European Championship: Gold medal europe

Gold medal -

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Silver medal - 2006; Bronze medal europe

Bronze medal - 2001, 2003, 2008 * FINA World League: Gold medal blank

Gold medal - 2003, 2004; Bronze medal blank

Bronze medal - 2002 * FINA World Cup: Gold medal blank

Gold medal -

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Silver medal - 2002, 2006; Bronze medal blank

Bronze medal - 1997 *

Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad". The Universiade is referred ...

: (Silver medal - 1995) * Junior World Championships: (Gold medal - 1995) * Junior European Championship: (Gold medal - 1992, 1994)

Club

Újpest (UTE-Taxi 2000) *

LEN Cup The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. History Names of the competit ...

(1x): 1998–99 Jug Dubrovnik * Croatian Chequy

Croatian Championship (1x): 1999–2000 * LEN Cup (1x): 1999–2000 Bečej * Coat of arms of Serbia and Montenegro

FR Yugoslav Championship (1x): 2000–01 * FR Yugoslav Cup (1x): 2000–01 Bp. Honvéd (Domino-BHSE) * Hungarian Championship (5x): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 *

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 ...

(1x): 2006 * Hungarian Super Cup (1x): 2005 *

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 Szeged (A-HÍD Szeged, Diapolo Szeged) * Hungarian Cup (3x): 2011,

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''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

* OB I top scorer (Hungarian Championship): 2009–10

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 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 ...

(2008) * Member of

International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the s ...

(2015) ;Orders * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000) * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 3class BAR

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004) * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 2class BAR

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary with the Star (2008)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Molnar, Tamas 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Szeged Hungarian male water polo players Water polo centre forwards Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Universiade medalists in water polo Universiade silver medalists for Hungary

Honours

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Club

Individual

Awards

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