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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and

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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

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary The Hungarian Order of Merit () is the fourth highest Order (honour), State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the Order of ...

. 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 *

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Silver medal - 2006, 2014; Bronze medal europe

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

Gold medal -

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 ...

;

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

Silver medal - 2006 *

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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 ...

) * 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 European Aquatics 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 ...

(1x): 2003–04 *

LEN Super Cup The European Aquatics Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by European Aquatics and contested by the reigning champions of the two most important European club competitions, the European Aquatics Champions League and the European A ...

(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 (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

(2x): 2006,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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

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

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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

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