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Name
  
Tamas Molnar

Role
  
Olympic athlete


Height
  
1.93 m

Weight
  
104 kg

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Born
  
August 2, 1975 (age 48) (
1975-08-02
)
Szeged, Hungary

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Tamás Molnár (born August 2, 1975 in Szeged) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Olympics. He was named Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year in 1998, and made his debut for the national team in 1997.

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He won the Malta Waterpolo Summer League title with Neptunes Emirates (St. Julians, MALTA) in August 2010-11-12 - 13 - 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.

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Clubs

  • Tabán Trafik-Szeged ( ____–1998)
  • Újpesti TE-Taxi2000 (1998–1999)
  • Primorje Erste Banka Rijeka (1999–2000)
  • NIS Naftagas-Bečej (2000–2001)
  • Domino-Honvéd (2001–2009)
  • DIAPOLO Szeged (2009–2014) 2x

    • Molnár has additionally had summer league club stints in Malta with Neptunes (2009–2014), respectively.

    National

  • Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2000, 2004, 2008
  • World Championships: Gold medal - 2003; Silver medal - 1998, 2005, 2007
  • European Championship: Gold medal - 1997, 1999; Silver medal - 2006; Bronze medal - 2001, 2003, 2008
  • FINA World League: Gold medal - 2003, 2004; Bronze medal - 2002
  • FINA World Cup: Gold medal - 1999; Silver medal - 2002, 2006; Bronze medal - 1997
  • Universiade: (Silver medal - 1995)
  • Junior World Championships: (Gold medal - 1995)
  • Junior European Championship: (Gold medal - 1992, 1994)

    • Club

  • Hungarian Championship (OB I): 5x (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 - with Bp. Honvéd)
  • Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (2006 - with Bp. Honvéd; 2011, 2012, 2013 - with Szeged)
  • Hungarian SuperCup (Szuperkupa): 1x (2005 - with Bp. Honvéd)
  • Yugoslavian Championship: 1x (2001 - with Bečej)
  • Yugoslavian Cup: 1x (2001 - with Bečej)
  • Euroleague Winners (1): (2004 - with Bp. Honvéd)
  • LEN Cup Winners (1): (1999 - with UTE)
  • LEN Super Cup Winner (1): (2004 - with Bp. Honvéd)

    • 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
  • 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)
  • Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2008)
  • Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2015)

    • References

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