Dániel Varga
The native form of this personal name is Varga Dániel. This article uses the Western name order.
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Full name | Dániel Rudolf Varga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Dani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Budapest, Hungary | 25 September 1983|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dániel Rudolf Varga (born 25 September 1983) is a Hungarian water polo player, currently playing for Szolnoki Vízilabda SC. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[1]
He is the older brother of Dénes Varga, with whom they are currently teammates in the Hungarian national team.
Club career
Clubs
- Újpesti TE-Humet (1997–2001)
- TEVA-VasasPlaket (2001–2010)
- Primorje Rijeka (2010–2014)
- Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP (2014–____ )
Honours
National
- Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2008
- World Championships: Gold medal - 2013; Silver medal - 2005, 2007
- European Championship: Silver medal - 2006, 2014; Bronze medal - 2008, 2012, 2016
- FINA World League: Silver medal - 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014
- FINA World Cup: Silver medal - 2014
- Junior World Championships: (Silver medal - 2003)
- Junior European Championship: (Silver medal - 2002)
- Youth European Championship: (Gold medal - 2001; Bronze medal - 1999)
Club
- Hungarian Championship (OB I): 6x (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - with Vasas; 2015, 2016 - with Szolnok)
- Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 5x (2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 - with Vasas; 2014 - with Szolnok)
- Croatian Championship (Prva HVL): 1x (2014 - with Primorje)
- Croatian Cup (Kup Hrvatske): 2x (2012, 2013 - with Primorje)
- Adriatic League: 2x (2013, 2014 - with Primorje)
- Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): (2002 - with Vasas)
Awards
- Szalay Iván-díj (2000)
- Faragó Tamás-díj (Best junior player of year): (2001)
- MVP of the Youth European Championship: 2001
- MVP of the Junior European Championship: 2002
- Vasas
- All-Star Team of the World Championship: 2007
- Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2007, 2013
- All-Star Team of the Olympic Games: 2008
- Junior Príma díj (2008)
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2008)[2]
- Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2008, 2013
- Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
References
- ↑ "Dániel Varga Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ↑ "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
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