István Görgényi

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

István Görgényi
Personal information
Born (1946-11-02) November 2, 1946 (age 78)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
SportWater polo
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1973 Belgrade Team competition
Silver medal – second place 1975 Cali Team competition
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Vienna Team competition
Silver medal – second place 1970 Barcelona Team competition

István Görgényi (born 2 November 1946) is a Hungarian former water polo player who won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics and coached the Australian women's national water polo team to the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[1]

Playing career

Gorgenyi represented Hungary as a player 96 times and was a member of teams that won the silver medal at 1972 Munich Olympics, won the gold medal at the 1973 World Championships, the silver medal at the 1975 World Championships and won the gold medal at the 1974 European Water Polo Championship.[2] He retired at 36 and took up coaching 18 months later.[3]

Coaching career

From 1984 to 1990, he was Head Coach of Ujpest TE Sporting Club in the Hungarian National League from 1984 to 1990. Results during this period were: first in 1986, second in 1989 and third in 1987 and semi-finalist in 1986 European Cup of Champions.[2] From 1991 to 1994, he was Head Coach of CACEL Nice Water Polo Club in the French National League in 1991. Results during this period were: first in 1992, 1993, 1994 and second in 1991.[2]

Gorgenyi was appointed head coach of its Victorian Intensive Training Centre in 1994 and national development coach in 1996.[3] [2] He became national junior coach in 1997. On 1 June 1998, Gorgenyi, was appointed Australian women's national water polo team Head Coach and the inaugural Australian Institute of Sport women's water polo program Head Coach.[2] Gorgenyi coached the Australian team to win the inaugural women's water polo gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Gorgenyi retired in December 2004 and was replaced by Greg McFadden as National Head Coach and AIS Head Coach in January 2005.[4] In 2019, he was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame.[5]

Major results of the Australian team during his period as Head Coach of the Australian team:

Olympic Games

FINA World Championship

FINA World Cup

In 2005, Gorgenyi set up a consultancy to promote his 'Hunting Territory ' philosophy - "a form of behaviour by which a player or more commonly a small group of players form ownerships of parts of the team process, often subconsciously, and, disdaining the broad collective interest, ultimately cause it to break down."[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "István Görgényi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Water Polo at the Australian Institute of Sport". Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original on 19 January 2000. Retrieved 26 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ a b "Australian coaches reveal their secrets". Sports Coach: 3–8. Winter 2000.
  4. ^ Annual Report 2004/05 - Australian Water Polo. Sydney: Australian Water Polo. 2005.
  5. ^ "Hall of Fame - Water Polo Australia". waterpoloaustralia.com.au. Water Polo Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. ^ Murray, Les. "Ange cracks through the 'Hunting Territory'". SBS World Game. Retrieved 26 September 2017.