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Tamás Molnár
Tamás Molnár
Personal information
Born	2 August 1975 (age 49); Szeged, Hungary
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
World Championships
FINA World League
FINA World Cup

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.

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

References

^ Tamás Molnár. sports-reference.com
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
^ "Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020.
^ "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.