Zsolt Varga (water Polo, Born 1972)
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Zsolt Varga (born March 9, 1972, 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 golden medals squad at the
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. He also participated in the
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, where the Hungarian team placed 4th. He made his debut for the national side in 1990, at the European Nations Cup in
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Honours


National

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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 ...
: 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 ...
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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 ...
: Silver medal - 1998 *
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 -
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; Silver medal - 1993, 1995; Bronze medal - 2001 * Junior European Championship: (Bronze medal - 1988, 1990)


Club

European competitions: *
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Winners (1): (1999 - with Mladost) Domestic competitions: * Hungarian Championship ( OB I): 2x (1996, 1997 - with BVSC) * Hungarian Cup (
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): 1x (1995 - with BVSC) * Croatian Championship ( Prva HVL): 1x (1999 - with Mladost) * Croatian Cup ( Kup Hrvatske): 2x (1998, 1999 - with Mladost)


Awards

* Youth water polo player of the year: 1989 * Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000 * Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 1996 ;Orders * Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)


See also

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Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Hungary men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Hungary men's national water polo team has participated in 23 of 27 official men's water polo tou ...
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List of Olympic champions in men's water polo This is a list of Water polo at the Summer Olympics, Olympic champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900. Abbreviations History Water polo at the Summer Olympics, Men's wat ...
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who hav ...
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List of world champions in men's water polo This is a list of Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships, world champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in Water polo at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament, 1973. Abbreviations History ...
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo. Men Medalists by tournament ;Abbreviation and legend * * – Host team * † – ''Defunct team'' Multiple gold medalists Multiple medalists Women Medalists by tour ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varga, Zsolt 1972 births Living people Water polo players from Budapest Hungarian male water polo players Water polo centre forwards Water polo players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Hungarian water polo coaches 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen 21st-century Hungarian people Water polo coaches at the 2024 Summer Olympics