Zoltán Szécsi (born 22 December 1977) 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 ...

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, who played on the gold medal squads at the

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, 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 international debut for the men's national team in 1998. He currently lives in

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Honours

National

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Gold medal -

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Gold medal - 2003; Silver medal world centered-2

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

Silver medal - 2006; Bronze medal europe

Bronze medal - 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012 * FINA World League: Gold medal blank

Gold medal - 2003, 2004; Silver medal blank

Silver medal - 2007; Bronze medal blank

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

Gold medal -

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Silver medal - 2002, 2006 *

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: (Silver medal - 1997, 1999) * Junior World Championships: (Silver medal - 1997) * Junior European Championship: (Silver medal - 1996)

Club

* Hungarian Championship ( OB I): 6x (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 - with BVSC; 2011, 2013 - with Eger) * Hungarian Cup (

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): 4x (2000, 2003 - with BVSC; 2007, 2008 - with Eger)

Awards

* Masterly youth athlete: 1997 * Silver Széchenyi-medallion (2000) * Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008 * Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2004 * Honorary Citizen of

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(2008) * Honorary Citizen of

(2008) * Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012) * Member of

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(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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