Zsolt Varga (water polo, born 1972)

Zsolt Varga

Personal information
Born	March 9, 1972 (1972-03-09) (age 45) Budapest, Hungary
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition World Championships 2003 Barcelona Team competition FINA World Cup 1999 Sydney Team competition

Zsolt Varga (born March 9, 1972 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the golden medals squad at the 2000. He also participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed 4th. He made his debut for the national side in 1990, at the European Nations Cup in Rome, Italy.

Club career

Clubs

• KSI SE (1980–1989)
• Újpesti Dózsa (1989–1990)
• BVSC-Westel (1990–1997)
• HAVK Mladost Zagreb (1997–2001)
• Savona (2001–2004)
• Bissolati Cremona (2004–2008)
• Posillipo (2008–2010)
• FTC-Fisher Klíma (2010–2012)

Honours

National

• Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2000
• World Championships: Silver medal - 1998
• European Championship: Gold medal - 1997, 1999; Silver medal - 1993, 1995; Bronze medal - 2001
• Junior European Championship: (Bronze medal - 1988, 1990)

Club

• Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): (1999 - with Mladost)

• Hungarian Championship (OB I): 2x (1996, 1997 - with BVSC)
• Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 1x (1995 - with BVSC)
• Croatian Championship (Prva HVL): 1x (1999 - with Mladost)
• Croatian Cup (Kup Hrvatske): 2x (1998, 1999 - with Mladost)

Awards

• Youth water polo player of the year: 1989
• Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000
• Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 1996
• Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)

References

• "Zsolt Varga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.