Tamás Molnár Explained

Tamás Molnár
Nickname:	Papesz
Nationality:	Hungarian
Birth Date:	2 August 1975
Birth Place:	Szeged, Hungary^[1]
Position:	Centre forward
L/R:	Right
Youthclubs1:	Szeged
Years1:	–1998
Clubs1:	Tabán Trafik-Szeged
Years2:	1998–1999
Clubs2:	UTE-Taxi 2000
Years3:	1999–2000
Clubs3:	Jug Dubrovnik
Years4:	2000–2001
Clubs4:	NIS Naftagas-Bečej
Years5:	2001–2009
Clubs5:	Domino-Honvéd
Years6:	2009–2014
Clubs6:	Diapolo Szeged
Years7:	2010–2014
Clubs7:	→ Neptunes (Summer League)
Nationalyears1:	1995–2008

Tamás Molnár (born 2 August 1975) is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics,^[2] 2004 Summer Olympics^[3] and 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4] He is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo.^[5] He made his debut for the national team in 1997, and was named Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year in 1998.

He won the Malta Waterpolo Summer League title with Neptunes Emirates (St. Julians, MALTA) in 2010-14. 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.

Honours

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

Újpest (UTE-Taxi 2000)

• LEN Cup (1x): 1998–99

Jug Dubrovnik

• Croatian Championship (1x): 1999–2000
• LEN Cup (1x): 1999–2000

Bečej

• FR Yugoslav Championship (1x): 2000–01
• FR Yugoslav Cup (1x): 2000–01

Bp. Honvéd (Domino-BHSE)

• Hungarian Championship (5x): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
• Hungarian Cup (1x): 2006
• Hungarian Super Cup (1x): 2005
• LEN Euroleague (1x): 2003–04
• LEN Super Cup (1x): 2004

Szeged (A-HÍD Szeged, Diapolo Szeged)

• Hungarian Cup (3x): 2011, 2012, 2013

Neptunes - only in Summer League

• Maltese Summer League (5x): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
• Maltese Knockout title (3x): 2011, 2012, 2014
• Maltese President's Cup (3x): 2011, 2013, 2014

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

Orders

• 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)^[6]

See also

• Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
• 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
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417085252/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/tamas-molnar-2.html Tamás Molnár
2. Hungary at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042507/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/2000/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-01-25.
3. Hungary at the 2004 Athina Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055738/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/2004/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-01-25.
4. Hungary at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200512045503/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/2008/ . dead . 2020-05-12 . 2010-01-25.
5. Web site: Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200428225707/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/WAP/ . 28 April 2020 .
6. Web site: Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben. Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. 27 January 2012. Hungarian. dead. https://archive.today/20120805012200/http://www.mob.hu/engine.aspx?page=showcontent&content=parlamenti_kituntetesek. 5 August 2012. dmy-all.