Tamás Molnár (born 2 August 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, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

and

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

. 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 (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

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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 ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

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, 2005, 2007 *

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

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 - 2006; Bronze medal europe

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

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

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Silver medal - 2002, 2006; Bronze medal blank

Bronze medal - 1997 *

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

Club

Újpest (UTE-Taxi 2000) *

LEN Cup The European Aquatics Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the European Aquatics for those clubs who did not qualify for the European Aquatics Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. From 2024, afte ...

(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 (, ), 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 ...

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

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

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

''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 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 ...

(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 stu ...

(2015) ;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) * 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 Summer World University Games medalists in water polo FISU World University Games silver medalists for Hungary

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