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Water polo player
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Birth:
26 February 1976(Budapest)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Attila Vári (born February 26, 1976 in Budapest), nicknamed Doki, is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.
Vári began his athletic career with modern pentathlon but later switched to water polo. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1997.
Attila's back hand shot from ten meters in the 2000 Olympic finals against Russia was probably the most unexpected and spectacular goal anyone ever scored in an Olympic final game in water polo.
Club career
Clubs
KSI SE (1987–1994)
Vasas-Plaket (1994–2002)
Domino-Honvéd (2002–2009)
PVSK-Füszért (2009–2011)
Honours
National
- Olympic Games:
Gold medal - 2000, 2004 - World Championships:
Gold medal - 2003;
Silver medal - 1998, 2005 - European Championship:
Gold medal - 1997, 1999;
Bronze medal - 2001, 2003 - FINA World League:
Gold medal - 2003, 2004;
Silver medal - 2005;
Bronze medal - 2002 - FINA World Cup:
Gold medal - 1999;
Silver medal - 2002;
Bronze medal - 1997 - Universiade: (Silver medal - 1995)
- Junior World Championships: (Gold medal - 1995)
- Junior European Championship: (Gold medal - 1994)
Club
- Hungarian Championship (OB I): 4x (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 - with Bp. Honvéd)
- Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (1996 (1), 1997, 2001, 2002 - with Vasas)
- Hungarian SuperCup (Szuperkupa): 1x (2001 - with Vasas)
- Euroleague Winners (1): (2004 - with Bp. Honvéd)
- Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): (1995, 2002 - with Vasas)
- LEN Super Cup Winner (1): (2004 - with Bp. Honvéd)
Awards
- Masterly youth athlete: 1995
- Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)- Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2000
- Csanádi-díj: 2001
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004)