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Zoltán Szécsi

Zoltán Szécsi
Personal information
Born 22 December 1977
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Nickname Szecska
Nationality Hungarian
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Eger (president)
Youth career
BVSC
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–2004
BVSC-Brendon
2004–2005
Brendon-ZF-Eger
2005–2006
Betonút-FTC
2006–2007
Camogli
2007–2013
ZF-Eger
2013–2017
Kaposvár
National team
Years Team
1998–2012
Hungary
Teams coached
2015–2017
Kaposvár
2018–
ZF-Eger (president)

Zoltán Szécsi (born 22 December 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics,[2] 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]He is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo.[4] He made his international debut for the men's national team in 1998. He is currently living in Eger.

Honours

National

  • Olympic Games: Gold medal.svg Gold medal - 2000, 2004, 2008
  • World Championships: Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal - 2003; Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver medal - 2005, 2007
  • European Championship: Silver medal europe.svg Silver medal - 2006; Bronze medal europe.svg Bronze medal - 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012
  • FINA World League: Gold medal blank.svg Gold medal - 2003, 2004; Silver medal blank.svg Silver medal - 2007; Bronze medal blank.svg Bronze medal - 2002
  • FINA World Cup: Gold medal blank.svg Gold medal - 1999; Silver medal blank.svg Silver medal - 2002, 2006
  • Universiade: (Silver medal - 1997, 1999)
  • Junior World Championships: (Silver medal - 1997)
  • Junior European Championship: (Silver medal - 1996)

Club

  • Hungarian Championship (OB I): 6x (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 - with BVSC; 2011, 2013 - with Eger)
  • Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (2000, 2003 - with BVSC; 2007, 2008 - with Eger)

Awards

  • Masterly youth athlete: 1997
  • Silver Széchenyi-medallion (2000)
  • Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008
  • Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2004
  • Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2008)
  • Honorary Citizen of Eger (2008)
  • Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
  • Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2015)
Orders
  • Ribbon Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)
  • Ribbon Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004)
  • Ribbon Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary with the Star (2008)[5]

See also

  • 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
  • List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
  • 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. ^ Zoltán Szécsi. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zoltán Szécsi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Water Polo/Olympic Games". allcompetitions.com. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

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