Tamás Varga (water polo)
The native form of this personal name is Varga Tamás. This article uses the Western name order.
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Tamás Varga (born 14 July 1975 in Szolnok) is a Hungarian water polo player. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics,[1] and was also a member of the squad that finished 5th at the 2012 London Olympics.[2]
Club career
Clubs
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Elektrosoft SE Szolnok ( ____–1994) - Vasas-Plaket (1994–1996)
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Catania (1996–____ ) -
Basel - Vasas-Plaket-Euroleasing (2000–2004) 2x
- Sportiva Nervi (2004–2005)
- Újpesti TE-VB Leasing (2005–2006)
- Chiavari (2006–2007)
- Szeged Beton (2007–2009)
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Akademija Cattaro (2009–2010) - FTC-Fischer Klíma (2010–2011)
- Debrecen (2011–2015)
Varga has additionally had summer league club stints in Malta with Sliema (2007, 2010), respectively.
Honours
National
- Olympic Games:
Gold medal - 2004, 2008 - World Championships:
Gold medal - 2003 - European Championship:
Silver medal - 1995; 
Bronze medal - 2001, 2008 - FINA World League:
Gold medal - 2003, 2004 - Junior World Championships: (Gold medal - 1995; Bronze medal - 1993)
- Junior European Championship: (Gold medal - 1994)
Club
- Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 3x (1996 (1), 2001, 2002 - with Vasas)
- LEN Cup Winners (2): (2009 - with Szeged; 2010 - with Akademija Cattaro)
Awards
- Masterly youth athlete: 1994, 1995
- Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2003, 2004, 2008
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Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004) -
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Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2008)[3] - Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
References
- ↑ "Tamás Varga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- ↑ "Tamás Varga". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02.
- ↑ "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
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