Zoltán Szécsi
The native form of this personal name is Szécsi Zoltán. This article uses the Western name order.
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Nickname(s) | Szecska | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Budapest, Hungary | 22 December 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zoltán Szécsi (born 22 December 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics,[1] 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.[2] He made his international debut for the men's national team in 1998. He is currently living in Eger.
Club career
Clubs
- BVSC-Brendon ( ____–2004)
- Brendon-ZF-Eger (2004–2005)
- Betonút-FTC (2005–2006)
- Camogli (2006–2007)
- ZF-Eger (2007–2013) 2x
- Kaposvári VK (2013–2016)
Honours
National
- Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2000, 2004, 2008
- World Championships: Gold medal - 2003; Silver medal - 2005, 2007
- European Championship: Silver medal - 2006; Bronze medal - 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012
- FINA World League: Gold medal - 2003, 2004; Silver medal - 2007; Bronze medal - 2002
- FINA World Cup: Gold medal - 1999; Silver medal - 2002, 2006
- Universiade: (Silver medal - 1997, 1999)
- Junior World Championships: (Silver medal - 1997)
- Junior European Championship: (Silver medal - 1996)
Club
- Hungarian Championship (OB I): 6x (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 - with BVSC; 2011, 2013 - with Eger)
- Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (2000, 2003 - with BVSC; 2007, 2008 - with Eger)
Awards
- Masterly youth athlete: 1997
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)
- Silver Széchenyi-medalion (2000)
- Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2004)
- Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2004
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary with the Star (2008)[3]
- Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2008)
- Honorary Citizen of Eger (2008)
- Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
- Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame (2015)
References
- ↑ "Zoltán Szécsi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ↑ "Water Polo/Olympic Games". allcompetitions.com. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ↑ "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
External links
- Zoltán Szécsi (Hungarian)
- IMDb
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