Tamás Varga (water polo)

Tamás Varga
Personal information
Born	(1975-07-14) 14 July 1975 (age 49) Szolnok, Hungary[1]
Nickname	Csuvi
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Position	Guard
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	Hungary U14 (head coach) Hungary women's U18 (head coach)
Youth career
	Szolnok
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1994	Elektrosoft-Szolnok
1994–1996	Vasas-Plaket
1996–	Catania
	Basel
2000–2004	Vasas-Plaket-Euroleasing
2004–2005	Festival Nervi
2005–2006	UTE-VB Leasing
2006–2007	Chiavari
2007	→ Sliema (Summer League)
2007–2009	Szeged Beton
2009–2010	Cattaro Maximus
2010	→ Sirens (Summer League)
2010–2011	FTC-Fisher Klíma
2011–2015	Debrecen
National team
Years	Team
	Hungary
Teams coached
2013–2017	Debrecen
2018–	Hungary U14
2019–	Hungary women's U18
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team competition 2008 Beijing Team competition World Championships 2003 Barcelona Team competition European Championship 1995 Vienna Team competition 2001 Budapest Team competition 2008 Málaga Team competition

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,^[2] and was also a member of the squad that finished 5th at the 2012 London Olympics.^[3]

• 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)

• LEN Cup Winners (2): (2009 - with Szeged; 2010 - with Akademija Cattaro)
• Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 3x (1996 (1), 2001, 2002 - with Vasas)

• 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)^[4]

• Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

• Tamás Varga at the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
• Tamás Varga at Olympics.com
• Tamás Varga at Olympedia
• Tamás Varga at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)