Attila Vári
Water polo player

Attila Vári

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26 February 1976(Budapest)
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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

  • Hungary KSI SE (1987–1994)
  • Hungary Vasas-Plaket (1994–2002)
  • Hungary Domino-Honvéd (2002–2009)
  • Hungary PVSK-Füszért (2009–2011)

Honours

National

  • Olympic Games: Gold medal.svg Gold medal - 2000, 2004
  • World Championships: Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal - 2003; Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver medal - 1998, 2005
  • European Championship: Gold medal europe.svg Gold medal - 1997, 1999; Bronze medal europe.svg Bronze medal - 2001, 2003
  • FINA World League: Gold medal blank.svg Gold medal - 2003, 2004; Silver medal blank.svg Silver medal - 2005; Bronze medal blank.svg Bronze medal - 2002
  • FINA World Cup: Gold medal blank.svg Gold medal - 1999; Silver medal blank.svg Silver medal - 2002; Bronze medal blank.svg 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
  • Ribbon 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
  • Ribbon Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004)