Tamás Molnár

The native form of this personal name is Molnár Tamás. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

For other people with the same name, see Tamás Molnár (disambiguation).

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.

Tamás Molnár
Personal information
Born	(1975-08-02) 2 August 1975 (age 50) Szeged, Hungary[1]
Nickname	Papesz
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position	Centre forward
Handedness	Right
Youth career
	Szeged
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1998	Tabán Trafik-Szeged
1998–1999	UTE-Taxi 2000
1999–2000	Jug Dubrovnik
2000–2001	NIS Naftagas-Bečej
2001–2009	Domino-Honvéd
2009–2014	Diapolo Szeged
2010–2014	→ Neptunes (Summer League)
National team
Years	Team
1995–2008	Hungary
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition 2004 Athens Team competition 2008 Beijing Team competition World Championships 2003 Barcelona Team competition 2005 Montréal Team competition 2007 Melbourne Team competition FINA World League 2003 New York Team competition 2007 Berlin Team competition FINA World Cup 2002 Belgrade Team competition 2006 Budapest Team competition

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