Attila Vári (born 26 February 1976 in

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d ''Doki'', is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the

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and

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. Vári began his athletic career with

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but later switched to water polo. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1997. Attila's back hand shot from ten meters in the 2000 Olympic finals against Russia was probably the most unexpected and spectacular goal anyone ever scored in an Olympic final game in water polo. Vári was elected into the presidium of the

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(MOB) in May 2017. He was elected President of the

Hungarian Water Polo Federation The Hungarian Water Polo Federation ( hu, Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség, MVLSZ) is the governing body of water polo in Hungary. It was founded in 1989, and is the successor to the Magyar Úszó Szövetség, with the swimmers. The Hungarian Water ...

(MVLSZ) in September 2018, replacing

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. The ruling party

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nominated Vári as their candidate for the position of Mayor of

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in the

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, but was defeated by the opposition's joint candidate

Attila Péterffy Attila Péterffy (born February 26, 1969) is a Hungarian politician and mechanical engineer. In the 2019 Hungarian local elections, he was elected as the Mayor of Pécs Pécs ( , ; hr, Pečuh; german: Fünfkirchen, ; also known by other #Name ...

Honours

National

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gold medal –

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gold medal –

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silver medal – 1998, 2005 * European Championship: gold medal europe

gold medal –

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;

bronze medal – 2001, 2003 * FINA World League: gold medal blank

gold medal –

;

silver medal – 2005; bronze medal blank

bronze medal – 2002 * FINA World Cup: gold medal blank

gold medal –

;

silver medal – 2002; bronze medal blank

bronze medal – 1997 *

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: (silver medal – 1995) * Junior World Championships: (gold medal – 1995) * Junior European Championship: (gold medal – 1994)

Club

* Euroleague Winners (1): (2004 – with Bp. Honvéd) *

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Winners (2): (1995, 2002 – with Vasas) *

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Winner (1): (2004 – with Bp. Honvéd) * Hungarian Championship ( OB I): 4x (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 – with Bp. Honvéd) * Hungarian Cup (

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): 4x (1996 (1), 1997, 2001, 2002 – with Vasas) * Hungarian SuperCup (

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): 1x (2001 – with Vasas)

Awards

* Masterly youth athlete: 1995 * Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004 * Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2000 * Csanádi-díj: 2001 ;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 (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)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vari, Attila 1976 births Living people Water polo players from Budapest Hungarian male water polo players Water polo centre backs Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 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 Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade

Honours

National

Club

Awards

See also

References

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