Tamás Molnár

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, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo. 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

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

LEN Cup (1x): 1999–2000

Bečej

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)

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