Barnabás Steinmetz (born 6 October 1975 in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squads at the

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and

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. He is

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d ''Barney'' and ''Sema'', and made his debut for the national team in 1993, at an international tournament in

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. He is currently the player of

Vasas SC Vasas SC () is a Hungarian sports club based in Budapest. Members of the ''Hungarian Union of Iron Workers'' founded the club as ''Vas- és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja'', the "Sport Club of Iron and Metal Workers", on 16 March 1911. The club ...

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National

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Gold medal -

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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Gold medal -

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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Silver medal - 1998 *

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Gold medal -

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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Silver medal - 1993; Bronze medal europe

bronze medal - 2001, 2003 *

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: (silver medal - 1995) * Junior World Championships: (gold medal - 1995; bronze medal - 1993) * Junior European Championship: (gold medal - 1992, 1994)

Club

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Winners (2): (1998 - with FTC; 2003 - with Posillipo) * Hungarian Championship ( OB I): 5x (2000 - with FTC; 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012 - with Vasas) * Hungarian Cup (

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): 3x (1996 (2) - with FTC; 2004, 2005 - with Vasas) * Scudetto

Italian Championship ( Serie A1): 1x (2001 - with Posillipo)

Awards

* Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004 * Masterly youth athlete: 1995, 1996 * Papp László Budapest Sportíj (2014) ;Orders * Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000) * Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Steinmetz, Barnabas 1975 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 Summer World University Games medalists in water polo FISU World University Games silver medalists for Hungary Vasas SC water polo players Hungarian water polo coaches Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade 20th-century Hungarian people 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen

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