Dániel Varga

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]

Dániel Rudolf Varga
Personal information
Born	25 September 1983 Budapest, Hungary[1]
Nickname	Dani
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Position	Driver
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	Orvosegyetem (head coach)
Youth career
	Újpest
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–2001	UTE-Humet
2001–2010	TEVA-VasasPlaket
2010–2014	Primorje Erste banka
2014–2016	Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP
2016–2018	FTC PQS Waterpolo
National team
Years	Team	Apps
2004–2016	Hungary	278
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team competition World Championships 2013 Barcelona Team competition 2005 Montreal Team competition 2007 Melbourne Team competition European Championship 2006 Belgrade Team competition 2014 Budapest Team competition 2008 Malaga Team competition 2012 Eindhoven Team competition 2016 Belgrade Team competition FINA World League 2005 Belgrade Team competition 2007 Berlin Team competition 2013 Chelyabinsk Team competition 2014 Dubai Team competition FINA World Cup 2014 Almaty Team competition

He is the older brother of Dénes Varga, with whom they are currently teammates in the Hungarian national team.

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

• Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2008)[3]

See also

• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

1. Dániel Varga. sports-reference.com
2. "Dániel Varga Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
3. "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 International Olympic Committee
• Dániel Varga at Olympic Channel
• Dániel Varga at Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
• Dániel Varga at Olympedia
• Dániel Varga at FINA
• Dániel Varga at Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)