Tamás Varga (born 14 July 1975, in

Szolnok Szolnok (; also known by #Name and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian ...

) is a Hungarian

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player. He was a member of the gold medal winning

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at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the

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, and was also a member of the squad that finished 5th at the

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Honours

National

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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 ...

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Gold medal -

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* European Championship: Silver medal europe

Silver medal - 1995; Bronze medal europe

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

Gold medal -

* Junior World Championships: (Gold medal - 1995; Bronze medal - 1993) * Junior European Championship: (Gold medal - 1994)

Club

* LEN Cup Winners (2): (2009 - with Szeged; 2010 - with Akademija Cattaro) * Hungarian Cup (

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): 3x (1996 (1), 2001, 2002 - with Vasas)

Awards

* Masterly youth athlete: 1994, 1995 * Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2003, 2004, 2008 * Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012) ;Orders * Officer'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 (2008)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varga, Tamas 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Szolnok Hungarian male water polo players Water polo centre backs Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 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 Hungarian water polo coaches European Water Polo Championship medalists

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