Dániel Rudolf Varga (born 25 September 1983) is a Hungarian water polo coach. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[2]
He is the older brother of Dénes Varga, they were teammates on the Hungarian national team from 2004-2016.
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
278 present in the national team of Hungary.
- Junior World Championships: (silver medal – 2003)
- Junior European Championship: (silver medal – 2002)
- Youth European Championship: (gold medal – 2001; bronze medal – 1999)
Club
- Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): (2002 – with Vasas)
- LEN Euro Cup Winners (2): (2017, 2018 – with FTC)
- Adriatic League: 2x (2013, 2014 – with Primorje)
- Hungarian Championship (OB I): 7x (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 – with Vasas; 2015, 2016 – with Szolnok; 2018 – with Ferencváros)
- 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)
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)
- Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2008, 2013
- Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
- Orders
See also
- Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- 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
References
- ^ Dániel Varga. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Dániel Varga Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
External links
- Dániel Varga at the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
- Dániel Varga at Olympics.com
- Dániel Varga at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
- Dániel Varga at Olympedia